Fort Hood survivor wants to see mass shooter die - but not Hegseth’s way: ‘Look at my eyes’
A survivor of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, Alonzo Lunsford, plans to attend the upcoming execution of gunman Nidal Hasan. While Lunsford supports the use of a firing squad, he has expressed discomfort with the Pentagon's plan to livestream the event to the public.
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The case highlights the ethical and legal debates surrounding the transparency of capital punishment and the rights of victims' families in high-profile military justice cases.
Nidal Hasan’s execution in December will be the first military death by firing squad since World War II
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A survivor of the Fort Hood mass shooting says he looks forward to attending the execution of the gunman whom he watched gun down his colleagues nearly 17 years ago, but feels uneasy about the Pentagon ’s plan to livestream it for the public .
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the execution of Nidal Hasan would be broadcast online. Hasan, who described the shooting as an act of jihad , is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, the Texas Army base where he killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the November 2009 rampage.
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