"General Cone said that Ms Munley’s actions demonstated that an aggressive response to a mass-shooting can save lives. “She walked up and engaged him,” he said."
Posted on 11/06/2009 7:40:08 PM PST by traumer
A police officer and mother of one was hailed a heroine yesterday after it emerged that she almost single handedly ended the massacre at America’s biggest military base.
Kimberly Munley does not look as if she would be much of a match for a heavily armed US soldier on a murderous rampage. But the slightly built 34-year-old civilian officer was first on the scene after Major Nidal Malik Hasan began firing on comrades at Ford Hood in Texas as they prepared to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. The 39-year-old psychologist killed 13 and left 31 others with serious injuries.
On Thursday afternoon Ms Munley was doing her usual job of directing traffic on the sprawling base. By chance, she and her partner happened to walk past the Soldiers’ Readiness Processing Centre soon after Major Hasan — armed with two handguns — cornered his fellow soldiers. Soldiers who witnessed the rampage described the gunfire as continuous, methodical and well aimed.
Ms Munley succeeded in bringing him down by shooting him four times, even after being hit by a bullet that passed through both her legs, according to witnesses.
Her swift reaction and courage were being praised last night for preventing many more deaths.
“It was an amazing and aggressive performance by this police officer,” said Lieutenant-General Robert Cone, Fort Hood’s commanding officer. “The critical factor here was her quick response to the situation.”
President Obama led the nation’s mourning yesterday and will visit Fort Hood for a memorial service in the coming days. He ordered all flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half mast until Veterans Day on November 11. But he urged Americans against “jumping to conclusions” about the killer’s motives.
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I have “jumped to the conclusion” that he was a stupid racist policeman- but I guess he’d have a beer with me at the White House and let me weasel out of that assessment if he ever got off that ventilator. Or maybe someone could just accidentally trip over the ventilator’s electrical plug....
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Munley was a gift from God. An avenging angel, shooting straight, fast and true.
She is the daughter of a small town mayor.And a mom. Thank goodess that she can likely fully recover.She was hit 4 times in the legs.
With these rounds ( 5.7 x 28 mm muzzle velocity at 1800 to 1900 fps from the gun that was used), she likely has a few shattered bones, but she is young, and my prayers are that she can fully walk again without disability.
She faced down evil, engaged it, and won.She has done something which many of us cannot do in a whole lifetime.She unhesitatingly put her own life on the line.
And the lefty media had better not attack her, If they do, they will be very, very, sorry.
I think it’s funny as hell that a woman shot this muslim POS to the ground.
AllahuAkbar MyAss wrote:
Thank you Times Online for making the news available to us in the USA.
It is amazing to me that all too often lately, I get more information about what is going on in this country on UK News Sites.
I am ...A Soldier of the Law. To me is entrusted the Honor of the Force. I must serve honestly, faithfully, and, if need be, lay down my life as others have done before me, rather than swerve from the path of duty. It is my duty to obey the law and enforce it without any consideration of class, color, creed, or condition. It is also my duty to be of service to anyone who may be in danger or distress, and at all times so conduct myself that the Honor of the Force may be upheld.
Lazy way to describe a pistol shootout between a SWAT cop and a Psychiatrist soldier. The same image the writer was trying to make could have been done more accurately with a little more thought and effort.
To have been taken out by a little southern girl is going to bother him a lot.
From an article “A co-worker at Walter Reed said Hasan would not allow his photo to be taken with female co-workers, which became an issue during Christmas season when employees often took group photos. Co-workers would find a solo photo of Hasan and post it on the bulletin board without his permission.”
"General Cone said that Ms Munley’s actions demonstated that an aggressive response to a mass-shooting can save lives. “She walked up and engaged him,” he said."
I walked that line in Canada, for a year.Thanks brother for the fine post of the Call.
I’d have posted a photo of him next to a picture of a goat.
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