# Pete Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood mass killer will be livestreamed

https://mins.news/en/video/92894

- Guardian News, 2026-10-09 09:42 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOxz2S7-oMY

> Pete Hegseth said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, would be a public event. A Defense Department official later confirmed it would be livestreamed. Hegseth said a firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, on 3 December.

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