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Retired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who survived being shot multiple times including in the head during a 2009 terrorist attack at Fort Hood, plans to attend the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad scheduled for December 3, 2026. President Donald Trump approved this method of execution; it would be the first military execution since 1961 and the use of a firing squad since 1945. Lunsford believes watching Hasan's execution will help survivors and families of those killed find closure and send a message against such attacks in the armed services.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In November 2009, Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood, Texas. Recently, President Donald Trump approved the execution of Hasan by firing squad, marking the first U.S. military execution since 1961. The recommendation for this execution came from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with the Army Secretary responsible for setting the time and place within 60 to 150 days of approval. During his trial in 2013, Hasan was convicted by a military jury and sentenced to death; he chose not to contest the charges or provide testimony during his defense. The shooting at Fort Hood, which served as a staging point for soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, was described as an Al-Qaeda-inspired attack. Hasan communicated online with radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki before conducting the assault. This marks a significant step in the U.S. military's handling of capital punishment cases. ```
Written for “Fort Hood Shooter Execution Approval” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 25 other(s) covering the same event.
More than 15 years after surviving several gunshot wounds during a terrorist attack at Fort Hood, retired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford is preparing to watch the man who shot him be executed.
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Speaking on "America’s Newsroom," Lunsford explained why he wants to attend the execution, which President Donald Trump recently approved to be carried out by firing squad.
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"You live by the sword, you die by the sword," Lunsford said.
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"And the way that he went about doing his deed
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was a coward's way because we didn't have any way to defend ourselves that day."
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Trump approved the use of an Army firing squad to execute Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in the 2009 attack.
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Hasan opened fire on unarmed soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood while shouting "Allahu Akbar."
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Standing at 6-foot-9, Lunsford was shot several times, including once in the head.
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He believes attending the execution could bring closure to survivors and grieving families.
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One is to give the families of the deceased a chance to close a chapter and also the survivors to close a chapter," Lunsford said of the execution.
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"And it sends a clear message that we will not stand for this activity in any of our armed services or in the United States," he added.
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Lunsford said that for him and others affected by the attack, even holidays are not the same, adding that families of the deceased will "never get a chance to cherish a Christmas, a Thanksgiving, an Easter" with their loved ones again.
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For the survivors, even though we can still do those, celebrate those holidays, we still feel for those ones that we lost that day.
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But what I can do for the ones that I lost that day is to live for them and to keep fighting so that we will never have this happen again," he added.
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Hasan remains on military death row at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
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If carried out, his execution would be the first by the U.S. military since 1961.
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The military last used a firing squad for an execution in 1945.
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Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the decision on X, writing: "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."
Parnell added: "Judgment day for Hasan has finally come."
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Hasan’s execution is set to take place Dec. 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas, where the attack took place, according to acting Army Secretary Adam Telle.
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Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
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