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Fort Hood survivor backs firing-squad execution of Hasan, doubts public livestream

Alonzo Lunsford, shot seven times in the 2009 attack, tells the BBC the method fits the crime but worries about broadcasting it to the public.

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Hasan Execution Livestream Controversy

5 stories · since Oct 5 · newest 18m ago — Plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan have triggered international condemnation and bipartisan opposition over whether public…

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What to know

  • Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, has been ordered executed by firing squad after the Pentagon's announcement this week.
  • Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the execution will be publicly livestreamed, which would make it the first public US execution in nearly a century.
  • Legal experts caution the execution may never actually take place.
  • Survivor Alonzo Lunsford supports the firing-squad method but opposes an uncensored public livestream, distinguishing that from viewing access for victims' families.

“I'm gonna be there [to watch in person] and before they pull the trigger, I want him to look at me in my eyes and I look at him in his eyes and I want him to know: 'Dude you failed, I'm still here,'”

Alonzo Lunsford, Fort Hood shooting survivor · BBC ↗ · Oct 8

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Fort Hood survivor backs firing-squad execution of Hasan, doubts public livestream
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    Survivor Lunsford backs method but questions livestream

    Alonzo Lunsford, shot seven times in the 2009 attack, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that firing squad is a fitting method for Hasan but that an uncensored public livestream should not be shown 'for entertainment purposes'.

    “To show the whole thing without it being censored for the general public, for me personally, I don't agree with that, but it's not about my personal belief.”
    — Alonzo Lunsford
    1. 4 outlets Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream

      first by BBC, 3d ago · also HuffPost, The Independent, Axios

      3 more headlines

    • 🇺🇸 A Fort Hood survivor wishes the shooter could die 13 times, just not on a livestream. She was 9 months pregnant when Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, and now she wants to be there to look him in the eye and tell him, “I survived you.” Hegseth plans to

      @MarioNawfalX1d ago17▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 4 posts in this stretch
    • CNN@c.im

      # CNN # News Fort Hood survivor on Pentagon plan to broadcast killer’s execution: ‘This is not acceptable’

      CNN@c.imMastodon1d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    • servelan

      WA daughter of Fort Hood victim opposes livestreaming killer’s execution | The Seattle Times

      servelanMastodon1d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  2. background

    Legal experts say execution might never happen — Legal experts told the BBC that despite the Pentagon's announcement, the execution might not ever actually take place.

  3. background

    Hegseth says execution will be livestreamed publicly — US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the public would be able to view a livestream of the execution, saying it was important for people to see the consequences of this kind of crime; if it proceeds it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century.

  4. background

    Pentagon announces Hasan's execution by firing squad — The Pentagon announced earlier in the week that Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be executed by firing squad.

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  1. 3 outlets Daughter of Fort Hood victim blasts Hegseth's plan to livestream execution

    first by Daily Mail, 1d ago · also Yahoo, NY Post

    2 more headlines
  2. 3 outlets Speaker Johnson Hits Plan to Livestream Fort Hood Killer's Execution: ‘Recruiting Tool for Future Terrorists’

    first by Mediaite, 1d ago · also Arab News, The Hill

    2 more headlines
  3. 2 outlets Letters to the Editor | Oct. 13, 2026

    first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 22h ago · also NY Post

    1 more headline
  4. 2 outlets Livestreaming an execution is barbaric, not biblical

    first by Washington Examiner, 1d ago · also Fox News

    1 more headline
  5. 2 outlets Fort Hood survivors speak out on Pentagon's decision to livestream Hasan's execution

    first by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos, 3d ago · also The Hill

    1 more headline
  6. 2 outlets Mike Johnson urges Trump to rethink livestreaming Nidal Hasan execution: ‘I wouldn’t be watching’

    first by NY Post, 16h ago · also New York Post

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