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Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan to die by US Army firing squad
Military Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 and injured 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be executed by U.S. Army firing squad, as approved by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump.
- Hasan’s execution by firing squad would be the first for the U.S. Army since 1945 and the first military execution since 1961, marking a rare use of the death penalty by the military.
- Hasan admitted to the shooting during his court-martial, stating he acted in support of the Taliban, and was convicted and sentenced to death by a military jury in 2013.
- The attack involved Hasan opening fire at a Fort Hood processing center with a semi-automatic handgun, killing 13 people including a pregnant soldier, and injuring many others.
- Hasan has been held on death row at Fort Leavenworth since his conviction, with the Secretary of the Army now responsible for setting the execution’s time and place.
