A soldier with Minnesota ties was one of at least 28 people wounded in Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
Army Reserve Spc. Keara Bono Torkelson "is a great girl who just wants to serve her country," her father, Steve, said Friday. "She's always put herself out for other people."
He was headed to Fort Hood from his home in Kansas City, Mo., to see his daughter, who he said "is doing great, but you can imagine she's kind of shaken up."
His daughter added this to her Facebook wall: "Just so everyone knows i am ok. Im strong. Keep praying."
She was treated and released at a hospital after being shot in the shoulder and grazed on the head by another bullet, Steve Bono said.
Bono Torkelson, 21, is a Kansas City native who has been living in Otsego, Minn., since her recent marriage to Joey Torkelson.
"Keara is OK Everyone she was shot but was treated and released from hospital," Joey Torkelson wrote on his wife's Facebook wall.
According to her father, Bono Torkelson was preparing to deploy to Iraq next month. The Kansas City Star reported that she was on the phone with her husband when he heard shots and screams, and the line went dead.
