Event Brief
Oct 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Trump approves firing-squad execution for Nidal Hasan
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
The Pentagon said on Oct. 5 that President Donald Trump approved death by firing squad for Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than two dozen at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. The Army secretary will set the execution’s time and place; it would be the military’s first execution since 1961.
WHO: President Donald Trump
WHAT: Approved death by US Army firing squad for convicted shooter Nidal Hasan.
WHEN: Oct 5, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood attack.
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