Army sets execution date for Nidal Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood
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Former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, on Dec. 3, the Army announced Wednesday on social media, returning Hasan to the installation where he killed 13 people in 2009.
Hasan’s execution is scheduled for 1 p.m. Central Time, acting Army Secretary Adam Telle announced. An execution order signed by Telle on Oct. 6 says President Donald Trump approved Hasan’s death sentence on Oct. 2 following a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The selection of Fort Hood marks a departure from the Army’s previously disclosed plans for carrying out executions.
Under a plan called “Operation Resolute Justice,” the Army was preparing to coordinate with the Federal Bureau of Prisons to transport military death-row prisoners from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, Task & Purpose reported in June. An Army official confirmed details of the plan at the time.
“Exercises regarding this operation have been conducted regularly for the past twenty years,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told Task & Purpose at the time, calling the drills a standard part of the Army’s preparations should a president approve a death sentence.
Hasan, then an Army psychiatrist, killed 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounded dozens more. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2013. In 2025, the Supreme Court denied Hasan’s request for a review of his Army court-martial conviction, Army officials said.
Hasan is one of four military inmates on death row at Fort Leavenworth, alongside Ronald Gray, Hasan Akbar and Timothy Hennis. All of whom are guilty of murder.
The Pentagon referred questions about the decision to stage Hasan’s execution at Fort Hood to the Army, which did not immediately respond.
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Classification
Region
North America
Analytical Domain
Tactical
Primary Category
Military Operations
Subcategory
Special Operations
SALUTE Report
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Not specified
Activity
Execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad
Location
Fort Hood · Texas
Unit
U.S. Army
Time
December 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. Central Time
Equipment
firing squad
Summary
Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, on December 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. Central Time. The execution order was signed by Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle and approved by President Trump. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 shooting that killed 13 people at the same installation.
Key Facts
- Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, 2026.
- The execution order was signed by Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle.
- President Trump approved Hasan's death sentence following a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- Hasan was convicted in 2013 for killing 13 people in a shooting at Fort Hood in 2009.
- The execution marks a change from previous plans for carrying out military executions.
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