Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan
Former U.S. Army major Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of premediated murder in 2013 and he was sentenced to death following the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.
U.S. President Donald Trump has greenlit the execution by firing squad of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former U.S. Army major responsible for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed that Army Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the execution, which Trump ultimately approved. The incident occurred on November 5, 2009, when Hasan shot with a laser-sighted handgun in a medical building where soldiers were receiving medical checkups.
Thirteen people were killed and over 30 injured during the attack. Hasan pleaded guilty to premeditated murder in 2013 and was sentenced to death. Since 1961, the U.S. military has not carried out any executions, with the last one being Army Pvt. John Bennett in 1961. In March 2025, a South Carolina prisoner became the first U.S. inmate in 15 years to be executed by firing squad.
Three states in the U.S. allow firing squad executions - Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Utah, with only three executions carried out since 1977. The last firing squad execution took place in 2010. Tennessee halted further executions in 2025 after a failed attempt to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection, which has left her unconscious since September 30.
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