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'I could hear the bullets going past me'
By Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 7, 2009
The first frantic 911 calls had come just four minutes earlier. Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer for the Army, rounded the corner of a squat, one-story building at 1:27 p.m. Thursday and came face to face with Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, had already killed or wounded dozens of soldiers, having fired more than 100 rounds, according to Army officials. He was still shooting at unarmed troops who were dragging away their bleeding colleagues when he locked his eyes on Munley, raised his pistols, and charged her.
The petite officer dropped to the ground for protection and fired back. Bullets struck Munley, 35, in both thighs and one wrist.
At least one of Munley's rounds hit Hasan in the chest, knocking him to the ground, witnesses said, although the details of what happened are still unclear.
"She moved to the threat and eliminated it…