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Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage
Associated Press ^ | Nov. 6, 2009 | MIKE BAKER and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
Posted on November 6, 2009 2:29:46 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship—common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.
Investigators examined Hasan’s computer, his home and his garbage Friday to learn what motivated the suspect, who lay in a coma, shot four times in the frantic bloodletting that also wounded 30. Hospital officials said some of the wounded had extremely serious injuries and might not survive.
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Kiel Native Killed in Fort Hood Shootings
WBAY ^ | 11/6/2009 | Emily Matesic
Posted on November 6, 2009 2:33:06 PM PST by Saije
A 1998 graduate of Kiel High School is among the 13 people killed Thursday when 39-year-old Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, getting ready to deploy overseas. Thirty people were wounded.
Staff Sergeant Amy Krueger was killed at Fort Hood.
The first thing the mayor of Kiel did Friday morning when he heard the news about 29-year-old Amy Krueger was to order all the flags in the city lowered to half-staff.
The mayor, who’s too close to the Krueger family to speak on-camera, told us he feels overwhelmed and he still can’t believe Amy Krueger was killed.
“She enjoyed being in the military and was proud of it,” family friend Paul Schweitzer said.
We’re told at 29 years old, Amy was wise behind her years. Joining the military was something she considered, but it wasn’t until after the September 11 terrorist attacks that she enlisted.
A mental health specialist, she helped other soldiers deal with combat stress.
She had arrived at Fort Hood just this past Tuesday and was killed while preparing for her second deployment to Afghanistan.
“She was actually kind of excited. She said, ‘I’m a little worried but I’m excited at the same time.’ She said she didn’t know exactly how she felt but she was excited about it,” Schweitzer said.
Friends and the Kiel High School principal tell us Amy just loved life.
“Amy was just a very good kid,” principal Dario Talerico recalled. “She was always happy, had a lot of friends, and had some friends she stayed close with.”
Those friends were gathering Friday afternoon at Amy Krueger’s mother’s house, relying on one another to get through a difficult time.
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