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Fast-acting female officer stopped rampage
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FORT HOOD, Texas (Nov. 6) -- A civilian police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman four times during his bloody rampage stopped the attacker cold, a U.S. Army official said Friday. Officer Kimberly Munley of the Fort Hood Police Department is a "trained, active first responder" who acted quickly after she "just happened to encounter the gunman," said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, Fort Hood's commanding general. Officials are crediting the quick action of Fort Hood Police Department Sgt. Kimberly Munley with stopping the deadly shooting on the base. She was nearby and able to respond quickly. Munley shot the gunman four times, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said, and she herself was wounded. She appears in a photo from this summer posted by hope2forget30 on TwitPic. (Note: Please disable your pop-up blocker) ,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=767047&pid= 767046&uts=1257523825 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_ gallery_wrapper.swf'A Horrific Outburst' Officials are crediting the quick action of Fort Hood Police Department Sgt. Kimberly Munley with stopping the deadly shooting on the base. She was nearby and able to respond quickly. Munley shot the gunman four times, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said, and she herself was wounded. She appears in a photo from this summer posted by hope2forget30 on TwitPic.hope2forget30, TwitPic hope2forget30, TwitPic Full Coverage: Deadly Rampage at Fort HoodCone said the officer and her partner responded "very quickly" to the scene of the shootings -- reportedly in about three minutes. Munley "just happened very fortunately to be very close to the incident scene," Cone told CNN's "American Morning." He said she shot the gunman four times and was wounded herself in an exchange of gunfire with him. More from CNN"Really a pretty amazing and aggressive performance by this police officer," Cone said. Authorities have identified the alleged gunman as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist. They said he opened fire at a military processing center Thursday at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding 30. Cone was asked if Munley's shots brought down the assailant and stopped him from shooting. "That's correct," Cone said. "The critical factor here was her quick response to the situation."
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