Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan set for December
The execution by firing squad of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will take place Dec. 3, acting Army Secretary Adam Telle announced Tuesday.
TL;DR
- Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad is set for December 3rd.
- The execution will occur at Fort Hood at 2 p.m. EST.
- President Donald Trump approved the execution following a recommendation from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
- Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
- He was sentenced to death in 2013 and lost his final appeal in early 2025.
- Hasan claimed he committed the shootings because he viewed soldiers as 'going against the Islamic Empire.'