Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
- On Monday, the Pentagon announced that President Trump approved the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad, following a recommendation by Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- In 2009, Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center, killing 13 people and wounding 32; a military jury convicted him of premeditated murder in 2013.
- If carried out, Hasan would be the first military member executed since 1961, when Army Pvt. John Bennett was hanged, as firing-squad executions remain rare in the United States.
- Pentagon spokesman Parnell confirmed that "The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution," following Hasan's exhaustion of appeals in 2025.
- Hasan has been held at the Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since his 2013 conviction, marking the first military execution in over 60 years.
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Donald Trump has given the green light to the execution by firing squad of the former U.S. Army Major sentenced to death for the Fort Hood massacre, in which he killed 13 people and injured 32 others.
Trump Approves Firing-Squad Execution of Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan
US President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on X that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had recommended execution by a US Army firing […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to carry out the execution by shooting at Nidal Malik Hassan.
U.S. President Donald Trump, following the recommendations of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, approved the execution of Nidal Hasan, who is convicted of the massacre at Fort Hood military base in Texas in 2009. He will be executed by firing squad.
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