A former Lafayette man wounded in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood says it was the most harrowing experience of a military career that included 13 months in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.

Army Cpl. Nathan Hewitt tells the Journal & Courier he had received vaccinations Thursday he needed to deploy to Afghanistan when the shooting began. He says he was shot twice while trying to flee.

Hewitt says the shooting was a "tragedy no one could have anticipated."

Army Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, who formerly lived in Plymouth, was killed in the shooting.

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Authorities accuse Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan of firing more than 100 rounds in a soldier processing center at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding 29 others in the worst mass shooting on a military facility in the U.S.

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Information from: Journal and Courier, http://www.jconline.com