Fort Hood MP tells his story of being on scene
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 6 2009 10:44 AM
Updated On: Friday, Nov. 6 2009 10:45 AM
By Amanda Kim Stairrett
Killeen Daily HeraldFORT HOOD -- Accounts are starting to emerge from Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood, from first responders to health care providers at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center.
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, Maj. Malik Hasan.
Munley was shot, too, and Hagerman said it was in the upper leg and thigh region. He didn't know how many times Munley was shot, he said today.
Hagerman was also on scene as medics treated Hasan. He said the suspect was unconscious and in handcuffs, and they were then removed so care could be administered. Hasan's two handguns were laying on the ground beside him, Hagerman said.
He pointed out that regardless of whether Hasan was a suspect, the medics did what they had to do to save a life.
The sergeant is a soldier in the 89th Military Police Brigade who has deployed to combat in 2005 and 2007, and described the scene as controlled chaos.
When Hagerman first heard shots, he said his ears perked up and he started moving toward the fire. A soldier's training comes into play, he said.
"That's what you do. That's what you're trained for."
There were a lot of moving pieces at the scene, with soldiers helping other soldiers, he said. Though he wouldn't identify what unit patches soldiers at the site wore, he said they were from across Fort Hood.
Hagerman described the scene in relation to what he's seen in combat and said one wouldn't usually see that many dead and wounded, adding it is expected "more in combat than you do here."
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