A Little Freaked Out

Obviously by now everyone’s heard about the mass murder shootings at Fort Hood.

Like everyone else I watched the news in rapt attention.

Listening to news radio during  my morning commute they made following distinctions about the event:

1. The shootings were done by a single gunman
2. It appears that Major Hasan snapped
3. He used semi-auto pistols
4. He performed the shootings in a calm, controlled manner
5. He was stopped by a civilian police officer who shot him
6. Hasan killed 13 people: 12 Soldiers and 1 civilian (rumored o be a cop)

When I heard this, I got a little freaked out.

Why?

I started writing my NaNoWriMo novel this past Sunday, just like must people who are participating. The very first scene I wrote this past Sunday was eerily frikkin similar to current events.

1. It involved a lone gunman
2. He was a combat veteran who snapped
3. He used a semi-automatic pistol
4. He went around in a calm, controlled manner shooting people
5. He was stopped by being shot by the police
6. He killed 13 people: 12 civilians and 1 cop

It was these coincidences that freaked me out. Here I wrote this scene on Sunday only for a real-life major event with glaring similarities to occur four days later on Thursday.

The most significant difference between my story and the real one is that the shooter in my story died after being shot by the cops.