Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution For Jihadist Fort Hood Shooter
By Jillian Butler
For the first time since 1961, the United States Army will execute someone by firing squad.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended and President Donald Trump has approved the “death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell posted on X late Monday.
Hasan, a former military psychiatrist, “killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ during the attack. The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution,” Parnell added in his post. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.”
The terrorist opened fire at Fort Hood — one of the world’s largest Army installations — killing 13 and injuring dozens more. The now-disgraced Army major was in contact with someone believed to be an Al-Qaeda recruiter, Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, ABC News reported in 2009.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW) October 5, 2026
“Hasan told Awlaki he couldn’t wait to join him in the discussions they would having over non-alcoholic wine in the afterlife,” a US official told ABC News. Hasan also donated a considerable amount of money to Islamic charities. Though making approximately $92,000 a year as an Army Major, he donated $20,000-30,000 per year.
When asked for comment, the Pentagon’s press office referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to Parnell’s X post.
The final presidential approval for Hasan’s death sentence was originally reported by the DCNF in September 2025.
“I am 100 percent committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan … this savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays,” Hegseth told the DCNF at the time.
