The US Army will execute former Army Major Nidal Hassan by firing squad on December 3, with the Pentagon confirming that the execution will be broadcast live to the public. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Hassan was being executed by soldiers with rifles at Fort Hood, Texas, where he carried out the 2009 mass shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32. The execution, Approved by President Donald Trump, it will be the first US military execution since 1961 and the first military firing squad execution since 1945.