Posted on 11/07/2009 4:39:03 AM PST by Daffynition
KILLEEN, Tex. — The police officer who brought down a gunman after he went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base here was on the way to have her car repaired when she responded to a police radio report of gunfire at a center where soldiers are processed before being sent overseas, the authorities said Friday.
As she pulled up to the center, the officer, Sgt. Kimberly Denise Munley, spotted the gunman, later identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, brandishing a pistol and chasing a wounded soldier outside the building, said Chuck Medley, the director of emergency services at the base.
Sergeant Munley — a woman with a fierce love of hunting, surfing and other outdoor sports — bolted from her car, yanked her pistol out and shot at Major Hasan. He turned on her and began to fire. She ran toward him, continuing to fire, and both she and Major Hasan went down with several bullet wounds, Mr. Medley said.
Whether Sergeant Munley was solely responsible for taking down Major Hasan or whether he was also hit by gunfire from her partner is unclear, but she was the first to fire at him, the authorities said.
Sergeant Munley, 34, is an expert in firearms and a member of the SWAT team for the civilian police department on the base, officials said.
Mr. Medley said she had received specific training in a tactic called active shooter protocol, which was intended for this kind of situation.
“She’s absolutely a hero,” he said. “She had the training; she knew what to do. And she had the courage to do it — by doing it she saved countless people’s lives.”
The original 911 call came in at 1:23 p.m., and five minutes later Sergeant Munley had already shot ...
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THAT is PRECISELY why you see Israeli’s going about carrying Uzis and other weapons.
Yep. This woman is a great heroine for her brave actions.
But, that shouldn’t stop us from asking why she had to be the one to stop this freak.
It looks like the armed forces need to wake up, and reconsider the very real threat of attack from within.
Imagine a well coordinated attack by an entire terrorist cell. After getting through the perimeter they would lite up the weapons storage facility. Now all that stood between the terrorist cell and a few hundred highly trained and defenseless US military personal would be a few dozen MP's and some civilian police. And the civilian police wont stand a chance against assault rifles. I guess now we know why there has been plots uncovered in Australia and the US where terrorists were going to attack domestic military installations. Always sounded like a stupid plan to me, but perhaps the terrorist found a weak spot.
She "responded" immediately, and headed at best speed directly toward the trouble. In less than five minutes of heroic, aggressive action, she approached, identified, and neutralized the assassin.
It did not take five minutes for her to "respond".
God Bless her!!
It did not take five minutes for her to “respond”.
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Well?...I suppose that depends on whether its the victim or the policewoman who is experiencing the “response”.
But...Yes, you have made a good point.
NOT 5 mintutes to respond, within 5 minutes he was already shot and down.
you are incorrect about the 5 minutes......WITHIN 5 minutes of the call the suspect was identified, shot and down. go back and read the latest articles about her heroic action.....without stopping to put on a vest, she ran into danger with her gun out and engaged the gunman as he was shooting unarmed men....she shot and kept running toward him. this woman is a hero for all of us. it brings tears to my eyes to imagine the selfless action of love for her fellow man that drove her to do this. I thank God that she lives and will be here to raise her children.
there was another woman victim, she and her unborn baby died in that massacre. thanks to this hero we are not burying any more than we are.
I love that Mighty Mouse moniker. she sure deserves it.
Sure, soldiers, and civilians are not allowed to carry weapons on post. The soldiers have them on the range, and when doing tactical training, (usually with blank ammo) but not going about their everyday business. Verboten.
She was not "off duty" she was working traffic for the college graduation taking place 50 meters away. She got the call and ran to the sound of the gunshot. She was not an ordinary civilian, but a Sgt. in the base police force. A firearms instructor and member of the SWAT team too.
Hopefully the perp won't make it, and the last memory he'll have had is her face, over the sights of her duty weapon.
And that was just dumb luck. Normally the police would not have been that close. There was a graduation exercise next door, and she was working traffic for it.
When seconds count, even the fastest and bravest police are minutes away.
Not a military issue weapon. He had an FN 5.7 semiautomatic pistol, purchased, although perhaps not by him, at a gun store off post but in Killeen. He also had a .357. It's not clear if that was the .357 Magnum revolver, or a .357 Sig semi-auto. Reporters usually get the gun designation wrong anyway. They only got the 5.7 correct so the Brady Bunch could demonize it as a "cop killer". Never mind that one cop he shot at with it, didn't die, despite being hit two or three times. (Perhaps only two rounds, since one appears to have gone through both her thighs).
I imagine he took the chance that his car would not be searched, since only at the highest alert levels (Force Protection Conditions) do they search every vehicle. He might have stashed it in a "doctor bag" which they'd be unlikely to search anyway. I can think of other ways too, but I'll not mention those.
Thanks. Nice addition to the thread. She sure looks spunky! ;)
Indeed.
He had an FN 5.7 and a .357 of some sort. Not clear to me if the latter as a wheel gun or a .357 Sig. Not a duty weapon. He probably hadn't even been issued one yet, since he was not very close to deployment.
Her first words in the recover room after surgery were "Was anyone killed?".
Of course the proper answer would have been,"yes, but not nearly as many as would have been had you not stopped the perp".
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