Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Trump Backs Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter
Nidal Hasan was an Army major who attacked people at Fort Hood in 2009.
Thirteen people were killed, and others were wounded.
A military jury sentenced him to death in 2013.
President Donald Trump said he supports executing Hasan by firing squad.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution is planned for Fort Hood on December 3.
He said soldiers would carry it out at 1 p.m., the time the attack happened.
Hegseth also said people would be able to watch, but officials have not explained exactly how.
Trump said authorities would decide whether it would be livestreamed.
Donald Trump called the death penalty a “very worthy” way to execute former Army Major Nidal Hasan.
Trump said Hasan would be executed by firing squad but that authorities would decide whether the execution was livestreamed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution was planned for Fort Hood on December 3 at 1 p.m., the time of the 2009 attack.
Hegseth said soldiers would carry out the execution and that it would be made public; the form of public access remains unclear.
Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 for killing 13 people and wounding others in the Fort Hood shooting.
- Who
- President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and former Army Major Nidal Hasan.
- What
- Trump backed Hasan's planned execution by firing squad; Hegseth said it would be carried out by soldiers.
- When
- The execution was announced as planned for December 3 at 1 p.m.; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Fort Hood, Texas.
- Why
- Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding others in the 2009 Fort Hood attack.
- Convicted
- Nidal Hasan was convicted in connection with the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
- Deaths
- Thirteen people were killed: 12 soldiers and one civilian.
- Wounded
- The article gives differing figures: Trump said 20-some-odd people were badly wounded, while it later reports more than 30 wounded.
- Sentence
- A military jury sentenced Hasan to death in 2013.
- Planned method
- Firing squad, according to Trump and Hegseth.
- Planned time and place
- December 3 at 1 p.m. at Fort Hood, according to Hegseth; the year is not specified in the article.
- Public access
- Hegseth said the execution would be public, while the precise arrangements—including whether it would be livestreamed or open to spectators—remain unclear.