Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter

Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter

President Trump has approved the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad, the Pentagon announced, acting on a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, would be the first person executed by the U.S. military since 1961.

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