KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says he will be pursuing the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army doctor convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre. [Pictured here].
In a statement sent to KWTX by the Pentagon, Hegseth states, “I am 100 percent committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan. This savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays.”
It’s news that victims tell us, they are happy to hear.
Retired Army veteran Alonzo Lunsford was serving at Darnell Hospital on Fort Hood when, then Major Nidal Hasan, was waiting in the soldier readiness processing center.
“While I was at the front checking soldiers in, Major Hasan was sitting in the chair,” said Lunsford. “He was sitting in the [chair] by himself and rocking like this.”
Lunsford said Hasan opened fire after telling a civilian employee that someone wanted to see her.
“When I decided to leave out, something said turn around and check your six,” said Lunsford. “When I turned, he had the weapon on me like this right here. I turned my head to the side this way and the first round went in above my left eye, between my brain and my skull, and came out my left ear.”
He was then shot in the back twice before running to his vehicle to get a weapon and being shot several more times….
