Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad set for Dec. 3 at Fort Hood
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Former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, 2026, for killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
An Army memo obtained by NewsNation lists the execution for 1 p.m. Central time, The Hill reported. CBS News, citing an email sent to victims’ families, reported that it will take place at Fort Hood, where Hasan carried out the attack. Family members and survivors were notified and asked whether they wanted to attend.
President Donald Trump approved the execution method following a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said. Under military regulations, executions require presidential approval, while the secretary of the Army designates the method.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, opened fire at a readiness center on Nov. 5, 2009, targeting soldiers preparing to deploy. A military jury convicted him in 2013 of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder and sentenced him to death. He has since been held on military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
If carried out, the sentence would be the U.S. military’s first execution since 1961. The last known U.S. military execution by firing squad occurred during World War II, when Pvt. Eddie Slovik was executed for desertion in 1945.
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