The former U.S.Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 will be executed by firing squad, officials said Monday.The Defense Department’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, said death by firing squad for Nidal Hasan was recommended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and approved by President Donald Trump.It would mark the first time the U.S.
military has executed someone using the method since World War II.Hasan in an undated photograph.Bell County Sheriff's Department via APHasan is a former Army major and psychiatrist who opened fire at Fort Hood on Nov.
5, 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 as he shouted “Allahu akbar,” Parnell said.He was convicted of premeditated murder in 2013 and sentenced to death.Prosecutors alleged he was motivated by unwillingness to be deployed to Afghanistan and by a sense of duty to jihad to kill as many American soldiers as possible, though a Joint Terrorism Task Force determined that he “was not involved in terrorist activities or terrorist planning,” and authorities said he acted alone.For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERSTexts show worried Cornell fraternity brothers coordinating responses as accusations came to lightFOR SUBSCRIBERSTips came in just minutes after Cornell alerted students to an alleged sex assault at a frat houseFOR SUBSCRIBERSWhat’s on the Supreme Court’s docket this term?FOR SUBSCRIBERSFord CEO: ‘It’s our responsibility’ to make sure affordable cars are sold in the U.S.FOR SUBSCRIBERSDOJ moves to revoke U.S.citizenship for 40 foreign-born AmericansFOR SUBSCRIBERSThe U.S., Denmark and Greenland reached a security deal.
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