Military approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood mass shooter

President Donald Trump has approved the execution of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. Hasan, a military psychiatrist, opened fire on soldiers who were having medical checkups. He wounded 32 others in the attack. A military court convicted him in 2013 and sentenced him to death. The execution will be carried out by firing squad. This will be the first firing squad execution by the U.S. military since World War II. The last military execution of any kind took place in 1961, when a soldier was hanged. The Army Secretary will decide when and where the execution happens. Hasan is currently held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, along with five other soldiers on death row.