Lynne Stratton, talked about her step son George Stratton III at their home in Post Falls on Friday, November 6, 2009. Stratton was injured during the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, November 5, 2009. KATHY PLONKA kathypl@spokesman.com (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Lynne Stratton, talked about her step son George Stratton III at their home in Post Falls on Friday, November 6, 2009. Stratton was injured during the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday. (Kathy Plonka/SR)
A Post Falls soldier wounded in Thursday’s shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas in recovering in a hospital, his father said Friday morning at his Post Falls home. George Stratton III, 18, called his family shortly after a gunman shot dozens of people on the large military base. Thirteen people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack. In an interview this morning, George Stratton Jr. of Post Falls said his son called around lunchtime Thursday and left him a message. His son said, “Dad, I’m in the back of an ambulance. I’ve been shot, but I’m OK.” “We were panicked, but we knew people were dying from it,” his father said. “We were relieved (that he was OK).” The soldier was working at the Fort Hood medical readiness center. He was shot in the shoulder; the bullet went through without damaging bone or nerves, his father said/Alison Boggs, SR. More here.
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in a hospital, his father said Friday morning at his Post Falls home. George Stratton III, 18, called his family shortly after a gunman shot dozens of people on the large military base. Thirteen people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack. In an interview this morning, George Stratton Jr. of Post Falls said his son called around lunchtime Thursday and left him a message. His son said, “Dad, I’m in the back of an ambulance. I’ve been shot, but I’m OK.” “We were panicked, but we knew people were dying from it,” his father said. “We were relieved (that he was OK).” The soldier was working at the Fort Hood medical readiness center. He was shot in the shoulder; the bullet went through without damaging bone or nerves, his father said/Alison Boggs, SR. More here.
