Posted on 10/14/2010 1:34:00 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
The pop-pop-pop of gunfire, groans of a dying soldier and wailing from terrified survivors riveted a military courtroom Wednesday as Army prosecutors played a 911 tape of last November's massacre at a soldier-readiness center.
Eight witnesses gave graphic descriptions of the chaos unleashed when Army Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire in the worst attack ever on an American military installation. Several recalled hearing a shout of "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," just before the melee began.
"I looked at [Hasan] and was wondering, 'Why would he say Allahu akbar?' " testified the first prosecution witness, Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford. Within seconds, the sergeant added, Hasan pulled a pistol from his combat uniform and began shooting.
The dramatic testimony and the six-minute 911 recording were presented during the second day of Hasan's probable cause proceeding, known as an Article 32 hearing.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, faces 13 charges of premeditated murder and 32 charges of premeditated attempted murder. The Nov. 5 attack ended when two civilian police officers engaged Hasan in a gunbattle. He was shot four times and left paralyzed from the chest down.
When the shooting ended, what had been a busy medical processing center looked like "the worst horror movie you could possibly ever see," testified mental health specialist James Armstrong, an Army reservist from Maine. "There's blood everywhere. Blood handprints on walls ... pools of blood on the floor."
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That was from an article published immediately after the incident (Nov 6, 2009). I suspect the "Allegedly" referred to the number of people shot by him. Perhaps it hadn't been 100% confirmed at that point that he did all the shooting.
Thanks, FRiend.
Amen Brother! HE is with you!
In my experience, having known as friends or acquaintances, several psych majors, most of them were at least borderline nuts.
He should have been executed on the spot by the cops the day this happened. After he was down, the cop should have walked up to him and put several bullets into his head.
Texas will.
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