At Fort Hood, Witness Credits Second Officer

[RamboLiberal]

KILLEEN, Tex. — Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities, attracted the attention of newspapers, the networks and television talk shows.

But the story of how the petite police officer and the accused gunman went down in an exchange of gunfire does not agree with the account of an eyewitness who had gone to the base’s processing center, where the shooting occurred, to conduct business before being deployed.

The witness, who asked not to be identified, said Major Hasan wheeled on Sergeant Munley as she rounded the corner of a building and shot her, putting her on the ground. Then Major Hasan turned his back on her and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol.

It was at that moment that Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, a veteran police officer, rounded another corner of the building, found Major Hasan fumbling with his weapon and shot him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/us/12hood.html?hp

[Aramchek]

1. Pat Tillman'd?

some stories are too good for the press not to run with,
even if the facts don't support them.

[benEzra]

2. Both officers went after the bad guy

and both deserve credit for that, IMO. Regardless of whose shots brought him down.

[spin]

3. If true, both are heroes and deserve credit...

It takes guts to take on an armed shooter.

We often call sports stars heroes and ignore the truly brave people who serve and protect.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

4. I thought when multiple people had guns in defense of a mass shooting...

That gun-toting vigilantes festooned in firearms start shooting at each other in utter confusion.

Clearly this description of the events at Fort Hood MUST be false.