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Fort Hood Officer: N.C. community not surprised at heroics
Associated Press
Posted:
11/08/2009 1:58 AM
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. -- The stepmother of the police officer who shot an Army psychiatrist suspected of the Ford Hood killing spree said Friday the woman's heroics are not surprising.
Wanda Barbour told The Star-News of Wilmington she knew Sgt. Kimberly Munley was involved when she heard a female Fort Hood officer had shot and wounded Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, ending the bloodletting on the Texas base.
"When they said a female officer, a little part of me just knew," Barbour told the newspaper before heading to Texas with her husband. "She is a very great person with a great spirit."
Munley arrived at the shooting scene Thursday and began firing at Hasan, who spun and charged at her with a gun in each hand, authorities said.
Munley's superior, Chuck Medley, told The Associated Press that Munley shot Hasan in the upper torso, stopping him even though she was shot in both thighs and a wrist.
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