Pentagon says Fort Hood attacker’s planned execution will be livestreamed

The Pentagon said on October 8 that the planned execution of Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan by firing squad would be livestreamed, according to Associated Press reporting.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an October 7 interview with Real America’s Voice that the public would be able to watch. The Pentagon clarified the following day that there would be a livestream and that more details would follow, AP reported.

The Army announced on October 7 that the execution was scheduled for December 3, 2026, at 13:00 Central Standard Time at Fort Hood, Texas. Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle directed it on October 6 after President Donald Trump approved Hasan’s death sentence on October 2, according to the Army’s announcement.

Hasan killed 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounded 32 others in the November 5, 2009, shooting, according to an Army account of the attack. A military jury convicted him in August 2013 and sentenced him to death, the Army said.

Further legal action remains possible. Hasan’s civilian attorney, John Galligan, told ABC News that seeking habeas corpus relief in federal court was a possibility, but that a final decision had not been made. ABC reported that such a challenge could potentially delay the execution.