Alonzo Lunsford, shot seven times by Nidal Hasan, called Trump's decision to cancel the firing squad livestream a "positive move" for the nation.
The president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
Trump said the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan won’t be livestreamed — contradicting an announcement by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Trump's announcement follows a wave of bipartisan backlash.
Trump said some would "rather not watch" the killing of Nidal Hasan, the first military execution in over 60 years.
In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump canceled plans to livestream the December execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, federal law enforcement agencies are investigating a series of letters containing what they're calling "suspicious substances" that were sent to congressional and state election officials and police report multiple victims in a…
"He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The president says the execution of the Fort Hood terrorist attacker will not be public after all.War Secretary Pete Hegseth had recommended the public execution by military firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the admitted terrorist killer of 13 people plus an unborn baby in the Nov. 2009 shooting near Killeen, Texas. The execution is scheduled for December 3.'He…
The previously announced execution by firing squad will not be livestreamed for the Fort Hood terrorist, who fatally shot 14 people, including the unborn child of a soldier, while wounding dozens of others back in 2009, President Donald Trump announced.
State of the Union: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had announced last week the event would be “public.”
