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2 Ala. soldiers identified as victims of Ft. Hood attack

FORT HOOD, TX (WAFF) - Three Alabama soldiers who were amongst those wounded in Thursday's mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army camp.

The Alabama National Guard told WAFF 48 News that one soldier's name is Maj. Randy Royer, who is a member of the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command from Birmingham. He is a resident of Dothan.

Guard officials said Royer suffered injuries to his shoulder, leg and knee. He is said to be doing well, but he will have to undergo surgery.

WSFA-TV in Montgomery reported that Warrant Officer Christopher Royal was shot three times. Royal's mother told WSFA that he was recovering. He is from Eclectic, AL.

The 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command left Alabama on Saturday. The unit was spending time at Fort Hood while training for a mission in Afghanistan.

The top commander at Fort Hood credited a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting
rampage that killed 13 people at the post.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday that Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reported gunfire Thursday afternoon. Cone said Munley shot the gunman four times despite being shot herself.

Officials said Munley was in stable condition.

Cone said, "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer."

Cone also said he was inspired by a woman who helped carry a wounded victim and used her blouse as a tourniquet, then later realized she'd been shot in the hip.

The suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was hospitalized on a ventilator late Friday morning.

Federal authorities have seized Hasan computer and are looking for clues that may have led to the military massacre.

A U.S. law enforcement official said that Hasan's apartment in Killeen, Texas, was searched early Friday. It was not immediately known if FBI agents found anything suspicious on Hasan's computer files. A military official said investigators also are sifting through materials Hasan carried with him during the shooting incident and evidence left in his vehicle, which was
found parked at the base.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

The Virginia-born soldier was single with no children. He was 39 years old.

He is a graduate of Virginia Tech University, where he was a member of the ROTC and earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 1997. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001. At Walter Reed, he did his internship, residency and a fellowship.

Hasan's family said in a statement Friday that his actions don't reflect how they were raised in the U.S. Military officials are still trying to piece together what may have pushed the 39-year-old
Army psychiatrist, trained to help soldiers in distress, to turn on his comrades.

President Barack Obama called the mass shooting a "horrific outburst of violence."

He said at a press appearance he doesn't yet know all the details but promised the government would get "answers to every single question."

The Commander In Chief said it's a tragedy to lose a soldier overseas and even more horrifying when they come under fire at an Army base on American soil.

Obama also said his thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and families of the fallen.

Redstone Arsenal officials said they did not go under lockdown Thursday and that all normal security measures remain in place. People who have business on base will need to show identification and be prepared for a vehicle search.

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