Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Malik Hasan Currently in Stable Condition

U.S. military psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, who is now more commonly referred to as the Fort Hood gunman, is currently in stable condition after he was shot four times and subdued by Sergeant Kimberly Munley. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people including 12 members of the military and one civilian.

In one of the most shocking and tragic incidents of soldier-on-soldier violence to ever take place on U.S. soil, the Fort Hood gunman maliciously took out his frustrations over a pending assignment in Afghanistan as well as verbally abusive treatment that he received from other members of the military.

According to ABC News, Hasan had been labeled as a ‘camel jockey' by others in the military and he had been enduring many of the same stresses that he had expertise in treating as a U.S. Army psychiatrist. Relatives of Hasan have come forward to shed light on his traumatized state of mind as a result of his military service and negative perspective on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Former FBI Agent Brad Garrett elaborated on the tragedy by explaining his belief that Hasan did not want to survive the Fort Hood killings. Garrett said, It is one of those things where he went and wanted to kill a lot of people and commit suicide maybe in his own mind that he's saving peoples' lives. As illogical as that sounds, in his mind, that would be quite logical."

As of late last night, Hasan had been on a ventilator in a hospital and he is expected to make a full recovery from his altercation with Sergeant Munley.