# Pentagon to livestream firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter

https://mins.news/en/video/93526

- CNN, 2026-10-09 16:07 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQnV8FE_bMk

> The Pentagon said Thursday it will livestream the military’s first firing-squad execution since 1945. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, is to be executed at the same base; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged this week to let the public watch.

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