U.S. military to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo | REUTERS
Oct 9, 2026
WASHINGTON – The execution by firing squad of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, a Pentagon official said Thursday, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would be carried out in “public.”
Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, shot dead 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. His execution will be the first by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first it has carried out by firing squad since World War II.
“It will be livestreamed. Details will follow,” the Pentagon official said on condition of anonymity.
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