Pentagon chief says execution of military base shooter to be ‘public’

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of a military base shooting, will be executed by firing squad. The announcement, released via a video from the Pentagon, specifies that the execution will be conducted publicly.

This decision marks a notable development in the case of Hasan, who was convicted for the 2009 attack at Fort Hood. The use of a firing squad and the decision to make the proceedings public represent a departure from standard federal execution protocols.