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Pentagon Announces Fort Hood Shooter Execution Will Be Livestreamed
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News18•09-10-2026, 04:00
Pentagon Announces Fort Hood Shooter Execution Will Be Livestreamed
- •Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by a firing squad of soldiers on December 3.
- •The execution will be publicly livestreamed, marking the first US military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II.
- •Hasan, a former US Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 mass shooting at the Texas military base that killed 13 people and wounded 32.
- •President Donald Trump approved the execution, which Hegseth stated aims to demonstrate the serious consequences for such attacks.
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The execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan is scheduled for December 3, 2026, and will be carried out by a firing squad of soldiers at the Texas military base, with plans for the event to be livestreamed publicly by the Pentagon.
The last execution carried out by the US military occurred in 1961, when Army Private John Bennett was hanged for rape and attempted murder. The upcoming firing squad execution will also mark the military's first such method used since World War II.
Nidal Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood in November 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. A military jury subsequently sentenced him to death in 2013 after finding him guilty of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder.
