Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood Gunman, in Stable Condition
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U.S. Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, who is now more commonly referred to as the Fort Hood gunman, is in stable condition after he was shot four times and subdued by Sergeant Kimberly Munley on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hasan shot and killed 13 people including 12 members of the military and one civilian.
In one of the most appalling and tragic incidents of soldier-on-soldier violence to ever take place on U.S. soil, the Fort Hood killer maliciously took out his frustrations over a pending assignment in Afghanistan as well as abusive treatment that he received from other members of the military.
ABC News is reporting that Hasan had been labeled as a ‘camel jockey’ by others in the military and he had been experiencing many of the same stresses that he had expertise in treating as a U.S. military psychiatrist. Relatives of Hasan have shed light on his traumatized state of mind as a result of his military service and negative perspective on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Former FBI Agent Brad Garrett described his opinion of the tragedy by elaborating on his belief that Hasan did not want to survive the Fort Hood killings. Garrett said, “It is one of those things where he went and wanted to kill a lot of people and commit suicide maybe in his own mind that he's saving peoples' lives. As illogical as that sounds, in his mind, that would be quite logical."
As of late last night, Hasan had been unconscious on a ventilator in a hospital and he is expected to make a full recovery from the injuries he sustained during the altercation with Sergeant Munley.
