THE Muslim military officer suspected in the shooting deaths of 13 people
and 38 wounded
was transferred Friday from a civilian to a military hospital in part for security reasons, a military official said.
Yea, kinda like a scene from a Western movie, sheriff had to get the murderer out of town before the lynching mob came into town.
Major Nidal Hasan, who was shot by police to stop a rampage Thursday at Fort Hood, was moved to the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas, said Colonel John Rossi, the base's deputy commander.
Brooke, known by the locals as Bam-C, is becoming the premier medical center for our military. Much combat training is being done there. He's secure, and they want him alive
"The suspect Major Hasan was transported today approximately (at) 3:00 pm to Brook Army Medical Center," he said.
Rossi said investigators believe Hasan fired more than 100 rounds during the incident, and that that accounted for the high number of casualties.
Based on cartridges recovered at the scene, Rossi said "all indications are this is not a friendly fire incident".
Groan! making with the jokes already
| Remember that there was cross-fire, and four bullets hit Dr. Hasan. So some of the bullets in the air were from friendlies, who could have hit other friendlies in the confusion. I am amazed that none did. |
He said the victims were shot in an enclosed troops processing center, but Hasan was gunned down in an open area by two civilian police officers, one of whom was also wounded but was in stable condition.
Of 30 38 people wounded in the attack, 23 remained hospitalized, about half of them in intensive care, he said. |