# Hegseth says Fort Hood shooter’s firing-squad execution will be public

https://mins.news/en/item/92323

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-08 23:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/hegseth-says-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-will-be-public?traffic_source=rss

> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, would be open for people to watch. A Pentagon official told Al Jazeera it would be livestreamed. Hegseth said it was scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood.

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