A 30 year-old Afton man is among the injured at Fort Hood, according to his sister. Matthew Cooke was shot 5 times in the abdomen and is in the Intensive Care Unit at a Temple, Texas hospital, Christina Cooke tells NewsChannel 34. Cooke graduated from Afton Central School in 1998 and enlisted with the Marines. He later transferred to the Army and has completed 2 tours in Iraq. While there, he drove a humvee with medical supplies. At the time of the shooting, Cooke was in the process of receiving medical clearance for a deployment to Afghanistan scheduled for January. His sister says he has significant injuries to multiple organs, but is expected to survive. Matthew Cooke has a wife Sarah, and two sons, 5 year-old Zachary and 1 year-old Gabriel.
