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Without delay, first witnesses testify
FORT HOOD — A multifaceted picture of the Soldier Readiness Processing Center on the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2009, began to take shape Wednesday as witnesses started testifying at the Article 32 hearing for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
The prosecution team called eight witnesses — six soldiers wounded in the gunfire and two civilian workers — but many more will follow in the coming weeks.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder last November. He was charged in December with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for those wounded.
Wednesday’s hearing began on schedule and quickly moved to testimony after Col. James L. Pohl, the presiding Article 32 investigating officer, ruled against a defense motion to delay the hearing a third time. It resolved lingering questions about whether the proceeding would have to wait until Nov. 8.
The prosecuting trial counsel began by calling Sgt. Alonzo M. Lunsford, who was shot five times — and was the only witness of the day who said he knew Hasan before Nov. 5.
’He looked at me’
Lunsford testified he met Hasan in an official capacity on Oct. 18, 2009, when he escorted a patient from the intensive care unit at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center to the psychiatric ward. Lunsford said he spent about an hour with Hasan that day and recognized the major when he saw him at the processing center on Nov. 5.
Lunsford said he arrived for his assignment at the processing center’s medical building at 7:50 a.m. Nov. 5. Soldiers preparing for deployments or returning from deployments went through stations numbered 10 through 13 for vaccinations, bloodwork and processing before they were cleared.
Lunsford testified that Hasan processed at the center in the morning as a soldier preparing for deployment, an event Lunsford said he noted because Hasan was involved in a dispute over whether he needed to be vaccinated.
He noticed Hasan again when he returned after lunch when the center was full, Lunsford testified.
Lunsford said he noticed Hasan was “the odd man out,” sitting at one station before he walked toward the entrance of the building. Hasan then leaned over and talked to a woman at a desk, who then got up and left.** Lunsford said he then saw Hasan get on the desk and yell “Allahu Akbar.”**
“After that, I looked at him and wondered why he said ‘Allahu Akbar.’ At that point, he reached under his ACU top and removed a weapon,” Lunsford said…
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FORT HOOD — A multifaceted picture of the Soldier Readiness Processing Center on the afternoon of Nov. 5, 2009, began to take shape Wednesday as witnesses started testifying at the Article 32 hearing for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
The prosecution team called eight witnesses — six soldiers wounded in the gunfire and two civilian workers — but many more will follow in the coming weeks.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder last November. He was charged in December with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for those wounded.
Wednesday’s hearing began on schedule and quickly moved to testimony after Col. James L. Pohl, the presiding Article 32 investigating officer, ruled against a defense motion to delay the hearing a third time. It resolved lingering questions about whether the proceeding would have to wait until Nov. 8.
The prosecuting trial counsel began by calling Sgt. Alonzo M. Lunsford, who was shot five times — and was the only witness of the day who said he knew Hasan before Nov. 5.
’He looked at me’
Lunsford testified he met Hasan in an official capacity on Oct. 18, 2009, when he escorted a patient from the intensive care unit at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center to the psychiatric ward. Lunsford said he spent about an hour with Hasan that day and recognized the major when he saw him at the processing center on Nov. 5.
Lunsford said he arrived for his assignment at the processing center’s medical building at 7:50 a.m. Nov. 5. Soldiers preparing for deployments or returning from deployments went through stations numbered 10 through 13 for vaccinations, bloodwork and processing before they were cleared.
Lunsford testified that Hasan processed at the center in the morning as a soldier preparing for deployment, an event Lunsford said he noted because Hasan was involved in a dispute over whether he needed to be vaccinated.
He noticed Hasan again when he returned after lunch when the center was full, Lunsford testified.
Lunsford said he noticed Hasan was “the odd man out,” sitting at one station before he walked toward the entrance of the building. Hasan then leaned over and talked to a woman at a desk, who then got up and left.** Lunsford said he then saw Hasan get on the desk and yell “Allahu Akbar.”**
“After that, I looked at him and wondered why he said ‘Allahu Akbar.’ At that point, he reached under his ACU top and removed a weapon,” Lunsford said…
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