Trump orders firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

United States President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad for the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, according to Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell. Hasan would be the first US soldier executed by the military in over 60 years. The execution will proceed under the recommendation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Army secretary will determine the time and place of the execution. Hasan was sentenced to death in August 2013 after a military jury found him guilty of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder for the shooting incident at the Texas military base. The attack resulted in the deaths of 12 unarmed active-duty soldiers and one retired serviceman, with 32 others wounded. Hasan was arrested at the scene after being shot and left partially paralyzed. He stated during his court-martial that the shooting aimed to prevent soldiers from deploying to Afghanistan to kill Muslims. The Trump administration included death by firing squad as a method of execution in April, alongside gas asphyxiation and electrocution. Military executions are rare in the US and require presidential approval under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. If carried out, Hasan would be the first military member executed since 1961, with the last known firing squad execution occurring in November 1945.