Nov 12, 2009 9:42 am US/Pacific
A Glimpse Into Accused Ft. Hood Shooter's Home
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan Apparently Bought Laser Guide For Handgun; Lived Frugally Despite Good Salary
WASHINGTON (CBS News) ―
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A memorial to those killed and wounded in the November 5 shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood, is shown at the apartment complex where U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan lived, on November 9, 2009 in Killeen, Texas.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive to address the Fort Hood community at III Corps Headquarters at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas, Nov. 10, 2009. Obama said no faith could justify the Fort Hood rampage, in an address Tuesday.
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First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama walk past the Fallen Hero Memorial at Fort Hood on Nov.10, 2009, during a service honoring the soldiers and civilians killed in a shooting rampage on November 5.
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CBS News got an exclusive look inside the apartment of Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan, the man accused of killing 13 people and wounding more than 40 others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas last week.
Among the items that found was the packaging from a laser guide attachment for a handgun. The product, called LaserMax, still had its $229.99 price tag on the packaging.
Also found at the apartment: Jordanian and Israeli coins, a psychiatry exam, a prayer mat, a rubber stamp of his name, at least three bottles of lotion, perscription drugs, clothing and a full dryer.
Investigators have begun tracking what Hasan did with his money. Although he was a major in the army medical corps with no family to support, he was living like a newly-enlisted private, Martin reports.
According to Army pay charts, a major with Hasan's time in service would make $93,000 a year in base pay and allowances. As a psychiatrist he would have earned specialty pay on top of that. Yet he lived in a $350 a month apartment even though he received $1,100 month in housing allowance.
Judging by the things Hasan gave away shortly before his rampage, he had few worldly possessions. One possible explanation: members of a mosque where he worshipped said he was a very generous man who helped others pay their utility bills, Martin reports.
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