Hasan visited strip club, shooting range

UPI

How long before we see a cobbled together backyard photo, Lee Harvey Oswald style?

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 16 (UPI) — Weeks before the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, accused gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan frequented a strip club and shooting range in addition to his office and mosque.

Additionally, the U.S. Army psychiatrist spent time at a restaurant in nearby Killeen, Texas, in the company of a teen convert to Islam who apparently shared Hasan’s scorn for the military, ABC News reported Monday.

Investigators told ABC News Hasan became a regular at Stan’s Outdoor Shooting Range in Florence, Texas, as the day of the shooting neared. He was last at the range two days before the Nov. 5 rampage, reportedly firing off more than 200 rounds.

Investigators also said Hasan frequently was seen in the company of an older man and an 18-year-old teenage boy at the Golden Coral restaurant. The parents of the teen, identified as Duane Reasoner Jr., work at Fort Hood, where Hasan is accused of killing 13 people.

The day after the shooting, Reasoner told the BBC he wouldn’t condemn Hasan’s actions, ABC said.

“I’m not going to condemn him for what he did,” Reasoner told the British broadcaster. “I don’t know why he did it. I will not, absolutely not, condemn him for what he had done, though.”

Female employees at the strip club Starz told ABC they remembered Hasan, saying he visited the club at least three times. Exotic dancer Jennifer Jenner said he bought two $50 lap dances from her and one lap dance from another dancer. She said Hasan brought his own beer to the club and had no problem paying the $50 fee for each of the three lap dances.