Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan scheduled for December

Nidal Hasan, the man convicted in the 2009 mass shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3. The execution date was announced by the acting secretary of the U.S. Army.

The 2009 attack resulted in the deaths of 13 people. Hasan was subsequently convicted for his role in the violence.

If carried out as scheduled, this event will mark the first military execution in the United States since 1961.