Killeen , Texas ( CNN ) -- The civilian police officer hailed as a heroine for ending the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army Post said Wednesday she was washing her patrol car just before she headed to the bloody scene . Sgt . Kimberly Munley was cleaning the car and topping off the gas tank , routine duties at the end of her shift , when she heard the report last Thursday that shots had been fired at the Army post , she told Oprah Winfrey via teleconference . The brief interview was taped to air later in the day on `` The Oprah Winfrey Show . '' Police Senior Sgt . Mark Todd also responded to the scene , where he said they were directed to the Soldier Readiness Processing Center , where soldiers were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq . Both Munley and Todd did n't know what they were about to face . `` The entire incident was very confusing and chaotic , '' Munley said . `` There was many people outside pointing to the direction that this individual was apparently located , and as soon as I got out of my vehicle and ran up the hill was when things got pretty bad . '' Once inside , Munley , who has been trained in active-response tactics , began exchanging fire with the alleged gunman , Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan , a military psychiatrist , authorities said . They said her shots disabled Hasan and halted the attacks . Thirteen people -- 12 soldiers and one civilian -- were killed . Munley suffered three gunshot wounds , in both thighs and a knuckle , and remains at Metroplex Adventist Hospital in good condition , authorities said . `` The training does take over , '' she said when asked about her quick reactions . `` In that particular incident , we did n't have much time to think . '' `` When I got shot , it felt like a muscle being torn out of my leg , '' she told Winfrey , and added , `` I 'm doing well . '' `` Every day is a progress for me , and things are getting better day by day . And emotionally , I 'm just hoping that the rest of the officers and the injured and the families of the deceased are healing as well . '' Winfrey showed a clip of Metroplex 's Dr. Kelly Matlock saying that Munley 's first words after the shooting were , `` Did anybody die ? '' The 34-year-old mother of two said she recalled asking that , and she never lost consciousness after being shot . `` I was very concerned as to who else had been injured , '' Munley said . Todd was not injured in the rampage . He said he has been a police officer for 25 years and , before that , was in the Army . This was the first time he had been forced to fire his weapon on the job , he said . He also said last Thursday began as a `` typical day '' for him , with only minor incidents . At first , when he heard the shots from Fort Hood , he thought the soldiers were practicing the traditional rifle volleys they do at memorial services . During the incident , Todd said he fired his gun over and over as he 'd been trained to do . Munley , whose husband is in the Army , is 5 feet , 2 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds . Winfrey asked her where she got her nickname , `` Mighty Mouse . '' Munley said her partner at a police department in North Carolina called her that after she was able to help when he was being wrestled for his weapon . The nickname stuck . Todd said he was grateful that he was able to return safely home to his family at the end of that day . `` I just thank God he missed me , '' he said .
Pair who responded to gunfire at processing center say day of shooting started as a typical one . CNN . Oprah Winfrey suffered one gunshot wounds in the November 5 shooting . Oprah Winfrey spoke with her and another first responder , Sgt . Kimberly Munley . `` Every day is a progress for me , '' says Oprah Winfrey , who 's in good condition at a hospital .