In 2007, Fort Hood hired police officer Chris Golden to put together a civilian police team because military officers are constantly deployed. He returned to Arkansas in January. The first person he called after hearing of the massacre Thursday was Munley, not knowing she was the first responder.

Chris Golden says, "My first reaction when I heard the news was, I wish I was there so I could help my friends, the other officers, my brothers."

Golden says members of his former police team responded to the reported gunfire that left 13 dead and more than 30 wounded. Sergeant Kimberly Munley was the first to respond, Golden shows us video and pictures of their training together.

He points at the video, "We trained for exactly the scenario that happened at Fort Hood. The easiest way to explain her is a bull dog; she's a real fighter."

When Munley arrived at the scene, Nidal Malik Hasan reportedly charged her with a gun in each hand, she shot him in the chest and he shot her in a wrist and both thighs.

Golden's has friends on base who are keeping him updated. He says, "The bullet went through the artery, she went to surgery and she was up last night in stable condition talking to everybody."

Golden tells us about the soldier readiness center at Fort Hood. "I had to get a psychological exam every year there. It's very condensed, there maybe 50 to 100 people in that area at any given time. Nobody could go anywhere once he started shooting; all they could do was stay out of his way."

Golden says right now only on-duty officers carry weapons and security will be stepped up. "You have anywhere from 200 to 300,000 people on that post at anytime. As law enforcement professionals we try and prevent crimes before they happen, not react to them."

Golden says he's glad Hasan is alive for questioning and doesn't believe it was a terrorist attack, saying it would have been more strategic, more suspects involved and mass panic. He also emphasizes not to look into it as an ethnic or religious reason until we know all the facts. "For the American people to start worrying about this happening because somebody is Arab would be the wrong reaction," Golden adds.

Golden says if Hasan was worried about being deployed this is no excuse, soldiers know what they're signing up for and there are legal ways out.