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5thGenTexan said
"The news agencies must report Hasan as a "suspected" or "alleged" gunman because he hasn't yet been convicted of anything, and to do otherwise is to open themselves up to a huge libel lawsuit if, in fact, he was not the killer (not likely, but media has to cover themselves on this). Remember Richard Jewell? He was absolutely unequivocally the madman who tried to blow up the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta ... until he wasn't. Mr. Jewell will live comfortably the rest of his life off the libel and slander lawsuit settlements with the big media outlets."

Jewell died August 29, 2007, from natural causes at the age of 44. He was suffering from severe heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity.[4]

Jewell's case became an example of the damage that can be done by reporting based on unreliable or incomplete information, and spurred the media to use "alleged" and "person of interest" (instead of "suspect") more frequently.[

The red quote was taken from the Wikipedia article. You can read the full story of Mr. Jewell's life at the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SIA

frazzled, et al:

Regarding who Officer Kim Munley worked for, I read some reports that said
she belonged to the "Fort Hood Police Department."

But that source may be no more correct than the source which stated that her
weapon was a "9MM Baretta" (sic).

Atl least we know that it wasn't a "Glock 30 Austria", discussed on a much
earlier thread where the Dallas LEO left his weapon in the throne room
(men's room at the court house). :-)

SIA

http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/1 ... ley_f.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The above link answers the question "What was she carrying?"

She was using a Beretta M9, 9mm handgun.

She is 34, mother of 2 children (15 and 2), was a South Carolina surfer girl,
is a veteran herself, and married to her 2nd husband, a deployed military man.
She is 5'2" tall. Lots of warrior spirit in a petite package!!

She is a member of the Fort Hood PD's SWAT team and had just completed an
80 hour advanced firearms and tactics course.

Lessons were learned from the Virginia Tech massacre and employed during the
Fort Hood incident. Ms Munley and her partner immediately entered the building
and rushed to engage the active shooter, as opposed to the Columbine and Va Tech
police reponses (surround the bldg, do not enter, and allow the active shooter to
kill even more people).

SIA

http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr ... ted_gunman" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's a picture and some info on the 34 year old female LEO who shot the madman.

SIA