The Pentagon is preparing to ask President Donald Trump to authorize the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of carrying out the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, a senior Department of Defense official told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
If approved, it would be the first U.S. military execution
in more than six decades. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people
and wounded 32 others in the attack.
Hasan entered Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center armed
with a semi-automatic pistol and opened
fire on fellow service members preparing for deployment.
During his subsequent trial, Hasan admitted to the shooting
and claimed it was necessary to protect the "Islamic Empire" from
American forces.
The Pentagon had categorized the massacre as an act of
"workplace violence," a decision that drew sharp criticism from
lawmakers, victims’ families and national security experts. They argued it
obscured the ideological and terrorist motivations behind the attack.
In 2013, a military jury convicted Hasan and sentenced him
to death.
He has been held on death row at the U.S. Disciplinary
Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ever since.
After years of appeals, Hasan's final legal challenge was
rejected in April 2025, clearing the way for execution.
"I am 100% committed to ensuring the death penalty is
carried out for Nidal Hasan," Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News Digital. "This savage
terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at
Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays."
Hasan is one of just four prisoners facing the death penalty
under military jurisdiction.
The Army secretary has already recommended execution, and
the Department of War is advancing the request.
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