Fort Hood shooter should be executed '13 times over' — but not on live stream, survivor says

Fort Hood Survivor Supports Execution but Questions Livestream of Firing Squad

A survivor of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, Julia Wilson, has expressed support for the upcoming execution of the shooter, Nidal Hasan, but voiced strong reservations about plans to livestream the event to the public. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3, 2026, following the approval of his death sentence by President Donald Trump.

Wilson, who was working at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center on the Texas military base when Hasan opened fire on November 5, 2009, described the attack as a traumatic event that claimed 13 lives and injured 32 others. She was nine months pregnant at the time and survived by taking cover in her vehicle. Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death in 2013 after a military court-martial.

In comments to Fox News Digital, Wilson said she wants to attend Hasan’s execution to confront him directly, stating, “I do want to look him in the eye to let him know, ‘Look, I may have been your victim that day, but I’m not your victim anymore. I survived you. My child survived you, a lot of us survived you. You didn’t do as much damage as you thought you were going to.’” She added that Hasan deserved to be punished for each life taken, remarking, “Too bad we can’t kill you 13 times over.”

However, Wilson criticized the decision by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to make the execution available for public streaming. “I’m kind of shocked that they’re going to go