Posted on 11/06/2009 9:32:08 AM PST by MitchellC
The civilian police officer credited with stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood is a Carolina Beach native and graduate of Hoggard High School.
Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reported gunfire Thursday afternoon, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday morning. Cone said Munley shot the gunman four times despite being shot herself.
“She happened to encounter the gunman. In an exchange of gunfire, she was wounded but managed to wound him four times,” Cone said. “It was an amazing and aggressive performance by this police officer.”
Munley, 34, is the daughter of former Carolina Beach Mayor Dennis Barbour and grew up in Carolina Beach, said her stepmother Wanda Barbour.
Barbour said she and her husband were making plans to travel to Fort Hood, where Munley remained in the hospital Friday morning in stable condition.
“We're just so grateful and thankful to the Lord that she's safe,” Barbour said. “Our hearts just ache for the loss of others, too, and hers, too. She's still upset about that.”
Barbour said she and her husband found out Thursday afternoon Munley was involved in the attack, but they didn't find out until later she was the one the top commander at Fort Hood lauded with stopping the shooting.
But Barbour wasn't surprised it was Munley who helped. “When they said a female officer, a little part of me just knew,” she said.
“She is a very great person with a great spirit,” she said.
Cone said some 300 soldiers had been lined up to get vaccinations and have their eyes tested at a Soldier Readiness Center when the shots rang out.
The suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is hospitalized on a ventilator.
STEEL MAGNOLIA!
a woman! that’s gonna sting, bigtime.
God bless her!
I’m loving that this punk was taken out by a woman!
God bless her. Someone should have finished him off. I though he had helpers.
Now that is a true national hero. I do not believe that we can do enough for her and her family.
I wish we could find a way to send messages to her.
All of NC should be proud of this woman.
” I though he had helpers.”
Yeah. What was up with that?
I wonder if David LetterScum will have her on his odious show.
Ugh. I hope not.
Well she did shoot him 4 times. If she was using hollow points, that should have done the job. But he had the good fortune to be on a military base with lots of folks trained in "buddy" first aide. He wasn't their buddy, but he was wearing the same uniform as them. Perhaps in the confusion they didn't realize he was the killer.
Well she did shoot him 4 times. If she was using hollow points, that should have done the job. But he had the good fortune to be on a military base with lots of folks trained in "buddy" first aide. He wasn't their buddy, but he was wearing the same uniform as them. Perhaps in the confusion they didn't realize he was the killer.
Speedy recovery Sgt Kim
HEY, WHERE IS THE SILVER STAR FOR THAT GIRL! LETS ALL WRITE THE AMRY.
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