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Trump Orders Firing Squad Execution Of Fort Hood Mass Killer
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at a Texas military base in 2009, with the convicted killer scheduled to be put to death on December 3 in what would be the first execution carried out by the American military in more than six decades.
Former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 56, was sentenced to death for opening fire on fellow military personnel at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, in an attack he later described as retaliation for American military operations in Muslim countries.
The shooting killed 12 unarmed active-duty soldiers and a retired serviceman and wounded 32 others, making it one of the deadliest attacks at a U.S. military installation.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced that Trump had approved Hasan’s execution following a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
TRUMP APPROVES EXECUTION
The U.S. Army subsequently scheduled the execution for December 3 at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time at Fort Hood, where Hasan carried out the massacre.
Hasan, a Muslim who served as an Army psychiatrist, shouted “Allahu Akbar,” Arabic for “Allah is greatest,” during the attack on soldiers preparing for deployment.
He later argued that his actions were intended to protect Muslims from American military operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
A military jury convicted Hasan of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in 2013, sentencing him to death.
FIRST MILITARY EXECUTION SINCE 1961
If carried out, Hasan’s execution would be the first conducted by the U.S. military since 1961, when Army Private John A. Bennett was hanged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
However, firing squads have been used more recently in civilian executions in the United States, including three carried out in South Carolina in 2025.
Hasan was left paralyzed after being shot by police officers responding to the Fort Hood attack and has since used a wheelchair.
His case has remained one of the most prominent examples of Islamist-inspired violence within the American military, raising questions about radicalization, security failures and the protection of military personnel.
LEGAL CHALLENGES POSSIBLE
Despite Trump’s approval, Hasan could still seek intervention from federal courts, potentially delaying the execution, according to legal experts.
Yet the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Hasan’s military conviction in March 2025, clearing another obstacle in the lengthy appeals process.
The U.S. Army has not publicly detailed how it intends to conduct the firing squad execution, including who would participate and what procedures would be followed, raising further questions among military law experts.
The planned execution comes amid renewed debate in the United States over capital punishment and the methods used to carry out death sentences.
DEATH PENALTY DEBATE
“There is nothing Donald Trump loves more than the power to kill,” said Death Penalty Action, an organization opposing capital punishment, in a statement responding to the president’s decision.
The Trump administration has advocated greater use of the death penalty and expanded permissible federal execution methods to include firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation.
Concerns about lethal injections were highlighted on September 30 when Christa Pike, 50, survived a failed execution in Tennessee after receiving two doses of lethal drugs.
Her lawyers said she regained consciousness several days later despite serious injuries, while Tennessee Governor Bill Lee suspended further executions this year and ordered an independent investigation.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk condemned the reported suffering caused by the failed execution and renewed calls for the United States to abolish capital punishment.
For loved ones of those killed at Fort Hood, the planned execution marks a milestone in a nearly 17-year legal battle.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
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