FBI Team Will Re-enact Fort Hood Massacre

FBI Team Will Re-enact Fort Hood Massacre
November 07, 2009 11:03 AM

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The FBI on Friday dispatched a special team of investigators from Washington, D.C., to re-create the Fort Hood shooting in an attempt to learn how the attack was carried out.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who had counseled troops and was upset about being deployed to Afghanistan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - Arabic for "God is great!" - and opened fire on an unarmed crowd at the Army post Thursday afternoon, military officials said. Thirteen people died and 30 were wounded.

FBI spokesman Eric Vasys said among the goals of the "shooting team" is to establish the exact location of the shooter at the time of the attack, a time-line reflecting the order in which the victims were shot, how many rounds were fired and how the suspect, Hasan, was ultimately stopped by a civilan police officer.

Vasys said federal authorities are involved in an "aggressive investigation of any and all aspects of Maj. Hasan."

"All resources are being made available to assist with this tragedy," he said.

Hasan, a U.S. citizen born in Virginia to Palestinian parents, was wounded by a civilian police officer who responded to the shooting rampage that is believed to be the worst ever at a U.S. military installation, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, commanding general of Fort Hood.

Chuck Medley, director of emergency services at the Army post, said at a press conference that the first call of shots being fired came at 2:22 p.m. ET and that civilian officer Sgt. Kimberly Munley arrived at the scene five minutes later to find Hasan chasing and firing at a soldier outside the readiness building.

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