Mich. man hit in Fort Hood shooting

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) - Willinea Gambo's worst fears unfolded Thursday when her son was shot in the arm by a soldier who unleashed a stream of gunfire that left 13 people dead and 30 wounded.

Lansing native Ray Saucedo was stationed in Fort Hood in July. The only way his mother could stay updated on Thursday's events was by watching the news or calling her daughter-in-law, Ashley Saucedo.

"While I was talking to her, the news was on," Gambo said. "And then, of course, they were saying all of this was taking place at the processing center, and I'm going, 'oh my God,' you know?"

Ray Saucedo was supposed to return one of Gambo's phone calls at lunchtime, but the call never came.

He was grazed in the arm by a bullet, but the injury isn't serious. He'll be OK and still able to work. Ray Saucedo was taking another soldier who had just returned from Iraq to a medical facility when he was hit, Ashley Saucedo said.

Despite living on base, Ashley Saucedo had to learn of the events surrounding her from the news, too. She and the couple's two young children were under lockdown and unable to leave their house.

"At that point, I was able to calm myself down and say, if something does happen, it's just not going to be that bad," the Greenville native said in a phone call with 24 Hour News 8. "I didn't really believe that there was this much going on here, and then shortly after this, our sirens went off, saying (to) seek shelter immediately. At that point, I started to panic."

Gambo says she knows the outcome could have been different, but she still worries about her son and his safety.

"You know, we lived in kind of bad areas ... and that was my biggest fear -- something happening to him and him not coming home from school," she said. "Here he's in the military and he's supposed to be protected on base, and this happens, you know?"

It is unknown whether Ray Saucedo was shot by the suspect, Army Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, or security trying to stop Hasan.