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| − | '''Kimberley Munley''' is a | + | '''Kimberley Munley''' (34 years old, native of Carolina Beach, [[North Carolina]]) is a civilian police officer from Killeen, [[Texas]]. She stopped the Fort Hood shooter [[Nidal Malik Hasan]]; Munley was also hit by exchanged gunfire with Hasan. She was shot in the upper leg and thigh region, and wrist (a bullet passed through both her legs). She is hailed as a heroine. Robert Cone, ''the top commander at Ford Hood has praised Sergeant Kimberly Munley for her aggressive and amazing performance at the incident.'' <ref> [http://www.khurak.net/kimberly-munley-004322/ Kimberly Munley] </ref> |
Munley was one of the first responders to health care providers at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. <ref> [http://www.thenewspk.com/2009/11/kimberly-munley-fort-hoodkimberly-munley/ Kimberly Munley Fort Hood] </ref> She was outside directing traffic before the shooting. | Munley was one of the first responders to health care providers at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. <ref> [http://www.thenewspk.com/2009/11/kimberly-munley-fort-hoodkimberly-munley/ Kimberly Munley Fort Hood] </ref> She was outside directing traffic before the shooting. | ||
Revision as of 15:44, November 7, 2009
Kimberley Munley (34 years old, native of Carolina Beach, North Carolina) is a civilian police officer from Killeen, Texas. She stopped the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan; Munley was also hit by exchanged gunfire with Hasan. She was shot in the upper leg and thigh region, and wrist (a bullet passed through both her legs). She is hailed as a heroine. Robert Cone, the top commander at Ford Hood has praised Sergeant Kimberly Munley for her aggressive and amazing performance at the incident. [1]
Munley was one of the first responders to health care providers at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. [2] She was outside directing traffic before the shooting.
Sgt. Andrew Hagerman, a Fort Hood military policeman, escorted in a police car the first ambulance on scene. That ambulance would transport Kimberly Munley, the first officer to respond who shot the suspect, Major Malik Hasan. Ibidem
Malik Hasan an Army psychiatrist is a suspect in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas that left 13 dead and 30 wounded on November 5, 2009. Sergeant Andrew Hagerman was also on shooting scene as medics treated Hasan.
Munley, nicknamed Mighty Mouse, loves country music; she has two daughters.
Munley's father, Dennis Barbour, is a former mayor of Carolina Beach. The coastal town is about 15 miles south of Wilmington.
Wrightsville Beach Police Chief John Carey said Munley, who worked for the force from 2000 to 2002 before moving away from the area, was a petite officer who worked well with others. [3]