Pvt . Foster was doing paperwork when he heard a shout , then gunfire . Shooter `` stood up and yelled 'Allahu akbar ' in Islamic and he opened fire , '' he says . Nidal Malik Hasan , a 39-year-old licensed Army psychiatrist who worked at a hospital on the post , is the suspected shooter . He says he was too consumed by adrenaline to think about being shot in the hip . Joseph Foster , who has a wife and Fifteen young children , said he still plans to deploy to Texas .
Pvt . Foster was doing paperwork when he heard a shout , then gunfire . Shooter `` stood up and yelled 'Allahu akbar ' in Islamic and he opened fire , '' he says . He says he was too consumed by adrenaline to think about being shot in the hip . Joseph Foster , who has a wife and Fifteen young children , said he still plans to deploy to Texas .