Hegseth says Fort Hood shooter's firing-squad execution will be public and livestreamed
October 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM · Updated 7d ago
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Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream
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إعدام نضال حسن على الهواء مباشرة.. ماذا حدث فى مجزرة تكساس 2009؟
(opens the publisher’s site)البنتاجون يبث عملية إعدام الرائد بالجيش الأمريكي نضال حسن على الهواء مباشرة
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Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be ‘public’
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"إعدام علني".. البنتاغون يقرر تنفيذ الحكم على نضال حسن في بث مباشر
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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event
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Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
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Pete Hegseth vows to make first firing squad execution in decades ‘public’
(opens the publisher’s site)The Pentagon will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.
- The Pentagon announced on Monday that Hasan would die by firing squad, with Hegseth recommending the sentence and President Donald Trump approving it.
- Army Acting Secretary Adam Telle set the execution for December 3 at 1pm at Fort Hood, the first US military execution in more than 60 years.
- Hegseth said the execution will be public and livestreamed so people understand there are consequences for such actions.
- Asked whether Hasan had made a final request or contacted Trump, Hegseth said "Don't care. We'll see him on December 3."
- The Supreme Court rejected Hasan's final petition in spring 2025, ending his automatic appeal and clearing the way for the execution.
- Hegseth said the execution time was set to roughly coincide with when the shooting began.
- Internal documents show officials had been preparing for lethal injection before the firing-squad method was chosen.
- Fort Hood survivor Alonzo Lunsford told the BBC he supports Hasan's firing-squad execution but questioned the livestream's effect on younger viewers.