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KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- All eyes were turned to Fort Hood, Texas Thursday after Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire at the base.

Hasan killed 13 and injured 30 before being shot and wounded by a civilian police officer.

Kirksville native Cara Buckley lives at Fort Hood with her husband, U.S. Army Sgt. Jeremy Buckley.

Cara Buckley tells KTVO she had just returned to her home in Venable Village from the main post when the shooting broke out Thursday. Friends began texting her about what was happening at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center even before the sirens began going off on the base.

“And to just think that oh my gosh, this is happening. It happens all around the world, but you never thought it would happen here. And you know, just the thought that anybody and everybody is vulnerable,” said Buckley.

She says that security is heightened today at Fort Hood. Buckley says there are extra patrols throughout the base and the wait just to enter the main post is 40 minutes to an hour because officials are checking everyone's identification individually.

“We did have a, it's called a relaxed entry from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. I imagine now that it's not longer going to be that,” said Buckley.

She says the shooting is especially difficult because it happened in a place where soldiers are supposed to feel safe as they prepare to leave or return from a deployment.

“They live in close quarters with each other, they work with each other, they eat with each other and to think that somebody that they work with and somebody that they live next to could do this. And so people are re-evaluating the people they work with and that shouldn't have to happen,” said Buckley

Buckley tells KTVO people are still in shock about the shooting, but everyone is working together to help each other through this difficult time.