Cop Describes Fort Hood Shooting
NYT Questions Initial Accounts of Confrontation With Suspect
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CHICAGO (Nov. 11) -- One of two officers who confronted the Fort Hood shooting suspect says the scene was "confusing and chaotic" but she remembers getting shot.
Sgt. Kimberly Munley said getting shot felt like "a muscle being torn out of my leg."
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'A Horrific Outburst'
One of the civilian police officers who confronted the Fort Hood shooting suspect said Wednesday that things are slowly getting back to normal for her. "Things are getting better day by day," Sgt. Kimberly Munley said on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Munley, who was wounded in the attack, is shown getting a visit from Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday.
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Munley was one of two civilian police officers who confronted the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and injuring 29 at the Texas military base last week. She and Sgt. Mark Todd were interviewed on Wednesday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
The New York Times says in a story that it was Todd who actually shot the suspect, Maj. Nidal Hasan. While Munley confronted Hasan, she was shot and on the ground before she could discharge her weapon, according to an eyewitness interviewed by the Times.
The 34-year-old Munley is out of the hospital after undergoing two surgeries. The 42-year-old Todd was not wounded.
Munley said the first thing she asked when she woke up in the hospital was, "Did anybody die?"
"I was very concerned as to who else had been injured as well," she said.
Todd said the Fort Hood shooting was the first time in his career that he used his weapon.
Munley said it will be a slow process to get back to her normal life, but she knows she can do it.
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Fort Hood Shooting Victims
Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, was one 13 people killed n the Fort Hood massacre. Hunt, from Frederick, Okla., joined the military after graduating from high school in 2005. He had served 3 1/2 years in the Army, including a stint in Iraq, and had just gotten married two months ago. Known as "J.D.," Hunt was "a very quiet boy who enjoyed video games," said his mother, Gale Hunt.
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"Every day is a progress for me, and things are getting better day by day," she said. "Emotionally, I'm just hoping that the rest of the officers and the injured and the families of the deceased are healing as well."
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