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Second Officer Says He Brought Fort Hood Gunman Down

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Posted by anonymous5089 2009-11-13 08:33|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Jibes with this FR bit :

1st hand account from Ft. Hood

Until he started shooting in my direction and I realized I was unarmed. Then the female cop comes around the corner. He shoots her. (according to the news accounts she got a round into him. I believe it, I just didn't see it. he didn't go down.) She goes down. He starts reloading. He's fiddling with his mags. Weirdly he hasn't dropped the one that was in his weapon. He's holding the fresh one and the old one (you do that on the range when time is not of the essence but in combat you would just let the old mag go). I see the male cop around the left corner of the building. (I'm about 15-20 meters from the shooter.) I yell at the cop, "He's reloading, he's reloading. Shoot him! Shoot him!) You have to understand, everything was quiet at this point. The cop appears to hear me and comes around the corner and shoots the shooter. He goes down.

Doesn't lessen the fact that this gal did the right thing, of course, and ate a bullet doing her duty saving others. Plus, it's only incidental to the real story (IE Sudden Jihad Syndrom from an "US" muslim).

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-11-13 08:51|| 2009-11-13 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Agree - but I can already hear the "Look - Shiny!" from the MSM on this....

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-11-13 08:56|| 2009-11-13 08:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Well said CF. Professionals and interested civilians (I count myself amongst the latter) read this and see 'conflicting reports from participants involved in deadly combat. Who would have guessed?' Sadly, the MSM will look strangely at anyone who tries to tell them this.

In my experience, it is just too much to ask of journalists that they remember that they are children sitting at the grown-ups table; and this is true of many more subjects than armed combat.

Posted by Free Radical 2009-11-13 09:31|| 2009-11-13 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Sgt. Munley and Sgt. Todd are both heroes. I thank both of them. Well done, both of you!

Posted by Steve White 2009-11-13 10:58|| 2009-11-13 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Putting it squarely on the line for your fellow man. Crisp hand salute and a thank you to both Sgt's Munley and Todd.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-13 11:26|| 2009-11-13 11:26|| Front Page Top

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