On this day in history on November 5, 2009, 13 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured (almost all unarmed soldiers) when Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on a rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. opened fire on a crowd inside a Fort Hood processing center where soldiers about to be deployed overseas or returning from deployment received medical examinations The massacre, which left 12 service members and one Defense Ministry employee, lasted about 10 minutes before civilian police shot Hassan (paralyzing him) and took him into custody Hassan is executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, 2026.

On this day in history on November 5, 2009, 13 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured (almost all unarmed soldiers) when Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on a rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. opened fire on a crowd inside a Fort Hood processing center where soldiers about to be deployed overseas or returning from deployment received medical examinations The massacre, which left 12 service members and one Defense Ministry employee, lasted about 10 minutes before civilian police shot Hassan (paralyzing him) and took him into custody Hassan is executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, 2026.