Former Army major executed by firing squad at Fort Hood

Nidal Malik Hasan, a former U.S. Army major, has been executed by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas. President Donald Trump approved the execution after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended it. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced the decision on Monday.

Hasan shot and killed 13 unarmed soldiers and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood in November 2009. At the time, he was working as an army physician. The attack was one of the deadliest shootings ever at a U.S. military base.

The firing squad method has not been used by the U.S. military since 1945. The last military execution of any kind took place in 1961, when a soldier was hanged. Before Hasan, no U.S. soldier had been executed in over 60 years.