Event Brief
UPDATED Oct 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM ET
Oct 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Hasan’s firing-squad execution set for Dec. 3
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
The Pentagon announced that Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on Dec. 3. It would be the first U.S. military execution in more than six decades; Hasan could delay the proceedings by filing a federal habeas corpus appeal.
WHO: U.S. Army Secretary Adam Telle
WHAT: Set Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad for Dec. 3 at Fort Hood.
WHEN: Oct 7, 2026
WHERE: Fort Hood, USA
WHY: Cause not yet established.
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