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FORT HOOD, TX -
The scene of the mass shooting is almost 900 hundred miles from Huntsville, but it is truly hitting home. WHNT NEWS 19 spoke with an army soldier who worked in the same facility as the accused shooter.
The soldier is Captain Leila Pedroso-Moorehouse. She is from Madison, and now works on post at Fort Hood in Killen, Texas with her husband. Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse's job is to supply a hospital with materials. She told me the hospital where she works is the same one where the accused shooter works as a psychiatrist.
Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse is a 1995 graduate of Bob Jones High School. The army soldier now works at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.
She was at home on post when the shooting happened. She got the news when friends started calling her phone.
"It was a little bit nerve-racking, but you take the call and stride one by one," said Captain Leila Pedroso-Moorehouse.
Captain Pedroso Mooreshouse supervises 30 people in her unit. Some are soldiers, and some are civilians.
"Everyone has been calling both friends, family, and military. They've been checking in, and making sure we are all right," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
The Madison native has served her country as a soldier for nine years. She could not believe the person accused of something like shooting several people on a military base was one of her peers in uniform.
"That was a kind of traumatic experience after being deployed twice. To know people have made it through deployment, and now this happens on post," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
The captain says she has walked by the accused shooter inside her hospital where he worked as a psychiatrist.
"That's kind of a shame that a soldier would take a position to take two hand guns on post and shoot other fellow soldiers," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
The Fort Hood soldier told WHNT NEWS 19 to hear his name attached the shooting took her by surprise.
"We have seen him in passing, so it's an eery feeling. It is kind of odd," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
Captain Leila Pedroso-Moorehouse told WHNT NEWS 19 she expects to be up all night answering calls from her soldiers and getting ready for the day tomorrow. She says serving as an army officer means being there for her soldiers.
The soldier is Captain Leila Pedroso-Moorehouse. She is from Madison, and now works on post at Fort Hood in Killen, Texas with her husband. Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse's job is to supply a hospital with materials. She told me the hospital where she works is the same one where the accused shooter works as a psychiatrist.
Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse is a 1995 graduate of Bob Jones High School. The army soldier now works at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.
She was at home on post when the shooting happened. She got the news when friends started calling her phone.
"It was a little bit nerve-racking, but you take the call and stride one by one," said Captain Leila Pedroso-Moorehouse.
Captain Pedroso Mooreshouse supervises 30 people in her unit. Some are soldiers, and some are civilians.
"Everyone has been calling both friends, family, and military. They've been checking in, and making sure we are all right," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
The Madison native has served her country as a soldier for nine years. She could not believe the person accused of something like shooting several people on a military base was one of her peers in uniform.
"That was a kind of traumatic experience after being deployed twice. To know people have made it through deployment, and now this happens on post," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
The captain says she has walked by the accused shooter inside her hospital where he worked as a psychiatrist.
"That's kind of a shame that a soldier would take a position to take two hand guns on post and shoot other fellow soldiers," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
The Fort Hood soldier told WHNT NEWS 19 to hear his name attached the shooting took her by surprise.
"We have seen him in passing, so it's an eery feeling. It is kind of odd," added Captain Pedroso-Moorehouse.
Captain Leila Pedroso-Moorehouse told WHNT NEWS 19 she expects to be up all night answering calls from her soldiers and getting ready for the day tomorrow. She says serving as an army officer means being there for her soldiers.
