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Nov 6, 2009 5:52 pm US/Eastern

Local Soldier Injured In Ft. Hood Shooting Rampage

MONESSEN (KDKA) ― One of the soldiers injured in the shootings at Fort Hood is from the Pittsburgh area.

Second Lieutenant Brandy Mason of Monessen, Westmoreland County, was shot in the thigh.

"She was standing there waiting her turn at the military medical place and she said a gentleman walked in and she looked around to see who came in and the next thing she knows there were shots fired," Sabrina Heath, the victim's aunt, said. "She said people just started getting out of the way, scattering."

According to family members, Mason underwent surgery this morning and is expected to be OK.

Mason has been in the U.S. military for four years. She is a 1996 graduate of Monessen High School.

Mason has a 17-year-old daughter who now attends the school. She was there two weeks ago for homecoming.

"Her daughter was on the homecoming court in Monessen and she came in for that," Heath said.

Mason served 14 months in Iraq, but says that experience can't compare to what happened at Fort Hood.

"I think she was a little upset. She was overseas and never got shot at or anything and she's right here in the United States and got shot," Heath said.

Mason's mother who lives in Florida left to be with her in Texas.

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