Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood gunman recuperating from the gunshot wounds that ended the murderous rampage, is expected to be permanently paralyzed from the chest down, his lawyer said.
Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in the Nov. 5 massacre, "has no sensation from the nipple area down," Hasan's civilian attorney, John P. Galligan, told the Washington Post.
Galligan said Hasan has been told the paralysis is permanent.
The attorney participated Saturday in an hour-long, closed-door hearing in an intensive care room at Brooke Army Medical Center, where a magistrate ruled that the Hasan will be held until he can be transferred to jail.
"In the middle of this hearing, he started to nod off and go to sleep," Galligan said. "When I've spoken with him, he's coherent, but your ability to have any meaningful exchange with him is limited in time and subject."
Hasan currently is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the shooting spree, but Galligan said he "fully anticipates that the military will file additional charges.
A court-martial date has not been set. Story
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