The Brief An execution date has been set for Nidal Hasan, the former Army major and psychiatrist who carried out a deadly rampage at Fort Hood Survivors of the 2009 mass shooting are confronting a complex mix of emotions This week, President Trump approved Hasan's death by the U.S. firing squad Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that it would be livestreamed



Survivors of the 2009 mass shooting are confronting a complex mix of emotions following a historic announcement.

Nearly 17 years ago, 13 people were killed by former Army major Nidal Hasan.

Nidal Hasan execution

The backstory:

An execution date has been set for Nidal Hasan, the former Army major and psychiatrist who carried out the deadly rampage.

Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on X that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended, and President Donald Trump approved, the death by the U.S. firing squad for Hasan.

It has been scheduled for Dec. 3 at 1 p.m., the execution-which the Pentagon intends to livestream-would mark the first U.S. military execution since 1961.

Survivor of shooting speaks out

Local perspective:

For survivors who have carried the trauma for almost two decades, the news brings a sharp focus back to an unresolved fight for justice and official recognition.

Julia Wilson was serving as a civil service civilian on post on Nov. 5, 2009, when the gunfire broke out. She was nine months pregnant.

 I'm never going to see the face of my child. I'm not going to live through this, they're going to cut him out of my corpse, what's going to happen to him?  Wilson recalled thinking during the chaos.


The shooting left 13 people dead and 32 injured. Wilson remembered the intensity of the attack as Hasan opened fire inside the processing center.

 The gunfire was so rapid, it was almost like an M-16 was going off just rapid, rapid fire,  she said.

Wilson, who thinks about the victims every day, says she wants to be present at the execution, so Hasan knows she was not one of his victims.

Could there be potential legal delays?

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