Fort Hood survivor opposes move to livestream firing squad execution

Politics
11 Oct 2026 • 4:22 AM MYT
The Independent
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Fort Hood survivor opposes move to livestream firing squad execution

  • Mass murderer Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on 3 December for killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, marking the first US military execution of its kind since World War II.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon plans to broadcast the execution online, following approval from President Donald Trump.
  • Shooting survivor Alonzo Lunsford plans to attend the execution to face Hasan, supporting the firing squad method but strongly opposing the public livestream as a spectacle.
  • Fellow survivor Dayna Ferguson expressed surprise at the broadcast plans, while reflecting on her survival despite being shot three times during the rampage.
  • Lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties have condemned the public livestream, arguing that broadcasting executions undermines the rule of law.

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