Pentagon seeks Trump approval for first US military execution in 60 years following Fort Hood mass shooting
Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting and has exhausted all appeals
By Emma Bussey , Jasmine Baehr Fox News
Published September 24, 2025 6:43pm EDT
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.
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