2009 Fort Hood Shooting
Nidal Hasan entered the Guns Galore store in Killeen, Texas on July 31, 2009 and purchased a FN Five-seven semi-automatic pistol.
Hasan entered the store and asked for
"the most technologically advanced weapon on the market and the one with the highest standard magazine capacity".
He was allegedly asked how he intended to use the weapon.
He repeated that he wanted the most advanced handgun with the largest magazine capacity.
He repeated that he wanted the most advanced handgun with the largest magazine capacity.
He revisited the store once a week to buy extra magazines, along with over 3,000 rounds.
Hasan visited an outdoor shooting range in Florence.
He allegedly became adept at hitting silhouette targets at distances of up to 100 yards.
At 1:34 p.m. on November 5, 2009, Hasan entered the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, where had receive routine medical treatment immediately prior to and on return from deployment.
He was armed with the FN Five-seven pistol, which he had fitted with two Lasermax laser sights.
A Wesson .357 Magnum revolver was later found on Hasan.
He did not use it to shoot any of the victims.
He entered the building and went to the first desk to the right of the North doors and asked to see Major Parrish, who worked in the building and had been assisting Hasan in his deployment preparations.
He did not use it to shoot any of the victims.
He entered the building and went to the first desk to the right of the North doors and asked to see Major Parrish, who worked in the building and had been assisting Hasan in his deployment preparations.
As the worker went down the hall to get Parrish, Hasan had gone around behind the desk, bowing his head for several seconds.
He then he suddenly stood up, shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and opened fire, initially spraying bullets at soldiers in a fanlike motion before aiming at soldiers individually.
SGT Michael Davis said:
"The rate of fire was pretty much constant shooting. When I initially heard it, it sounded like an M16."
Army Reserve Captain John Gaffaney tried to stop Hasan by charging him.
Gagganey was mortally wounded before reaching him and
civilian physician assistant Michael Cahill tried to charge Hasan with a chair, but was shot and killed as well.
Army Reserve Specialist Logan Burnett tried to stop Hasan.
He threw a folding table at him, but he was shot in the left hip, fell down, and crawled to a nearby cubicle.
Hasan targeted soldiers in uniform.
In accordance with military policy, they were not carrying personal firearms.
While Hasan was roaming the building and shooting, an Army Specialist broke a window in the back of the building where MAJ Parrish worked.
Two soldiers and Parrish exited the building through the broken window on the east side of the building.
They escaped to the parking lot.
The soldier severely cut his hand breaking the glass.
Base civilian police Sergeant Kimberly Munley, rushed to the scene in her patrol car.
She encountered Hasan in the area outside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center.
Hasan fired at her.
She exchanged shots with him using her 9mm M9 pistol.
Hasan's bullets struck a nearby rain gutter, and then two bullets struck Munley, hitting her in the thigh and knee.
She began to fall from the first bullet, the second bullet struck her femur.
Her femur shattered, which knocked her to the ground.
Hasan walked up to Munley and kicked her pistol out of reach.
Nurses and medics began entering the building.
An unidentified soldier secured the south double doors with his ACU belt and rushed to help the wounded.
There was so much blood covering the floor inside the building, that they were unable to maintain balance, and had difficulty reaching the wounded.
In the area outside the building, Hasan was shooting at fleeing soldiers.
Herman Toro, Director of the Soldier Readiness Processing Site, arrived at this time.
After Hasan had gone around the building and was out of sight, Toro and another site worker rushed to assist Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Warman.
She was down on the ground north of the medical building.
They both took her by the arms and tried to carry her to safety. Hasan returned and aimed his red laser across Toro's chest, but did not fire.
Toro took cover behind an electrical box.
Civilian police Sergeant Mark Todd arrive and shout commands at Hasan to surrender.
He turned and fired a couple of rounds at him.
The two exchanged shots, and then Hasan's pistol was empty.
He stopped, turned and reached into his pocket for a new magazine. Todd shot him 5 times and as he ran over to him, kicked the pistol out of his hand, and put handcuffs on him as he fell unconscious.
LTC Tom Eberhart, Deputy Director of Human Resources, Fort Hood, arrived and entered the Medical Building to help, stepping over bodies to enter the building's north entrance.
He assisted another soldier in performing CPR on one of the wounded soldiers at the building's waiting area, where folding chairs were scattered all around.
He noticed a soldier outside the south doors of the building and went to help, removing the belt from the door.
He went outside as others were arriving.
The downed soldier was Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford, a medical assistant from the building.
He had two wounds in the abdomen and a wound to the scalp and was unconscious.
LTC Eberhart went back into the building to retrieve a folding table.
Other soldiers assisted getting SSG Lunsford onto the table and around the building to the triage area.
Hasan's pockets were full of pistol magazines.
When the shooting ended, he was still carrying 177 rounds of unfired ammunition in his pockets.
The incident lasted about 10 minutes, and resulted in 13 killed.
One of those was a civilian.
11 died at the scene, and two died later in a hospital.
30 people were wounded.
Hasan was taken to Scott and White Memorial Hospital, and later moved to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. There he was held under heavy guard.
He was hit by at least four shots, resulting in him being a paraplegic.
He was later held at the Bell County jail in Belton, Texas.
On August 23, 2013, he was convicted on all charges.
Five days later, a U.S. military court sentenced him to death for the shootings.
He was incarcerated at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas to await execution.
At the time he became the sixth person on military death row.
Prior to the shooting, on November 28, Hasan told a local store owner that he was stressed about his imminent deployment to Afghanistan since he might have to fight or kill fellow Muslims.
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