Pentagon confirms livestream of Hasan execution

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution will be open to the public and livestreamed online on December 3.

Hasan killed thirteen, wounded thirty-two at Fort Hood

Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, killed thirteen people and wounded thirty-two others in the November two thousand nine mass shooting at Fort Hood.

First military execution since nineteen sixty-one

Hasan is scheduled to be executed by eight military service members on December three, marking the first military execution since nineteen sixty-one and the first firing squad since nineteen forty-five.

Lunsford shot seven times, wants to attend

Alonzo Lunsford, a sergeant at Fort Hood, was shot seven times by Hasan, including in the head and stomach. He plans to attend the execution in December.

Lunsford wants to lock eyes with Hasan

Lunsford told ABC News he wants to lock eyes with Hasan while he takes his last breath to show he is no longer a victim but a survivor.

“I want him to be able to look at my eyes and to let him understand I won't be defeated, can't be defeated. I am no longer a victim, his victim. I am a survivor.”

Lunsford opposes public livestream

Despite supporting the execution, Lunsford said he has misgivings about the Pentagon's plan to livestream it, believing it should only broadcast to survivors and families of those killed.

“I don't want this to be viewed upon as a spectacle, like a pay-per-view event, or like going to a basketball tournament.”

Lawmakers compare livestream to terrorist broadcasts

Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the livestream decision, with some likening it to public executions broadcast by terrorist groups in the Middle East.

“I absolutely support the sentence of death, but live-streaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that.”

Ferguson shot three times, sees historical precedent

Dayna Ferguson, wounded three times in the shooting, said she did not expect the livestream but believes it follows a historical tradition of documenting death and war.

“It's not completely shocking, given that death and war have historically always been documented through photographs and video. But it's just not something I expected to hear.”

Ferguson still figuring out attendance plans

Ferguson, who left the Army after her four-year enlistment, is still arranging whether to attend the execution, saying she is grateful to be alive despite her injuries.

“I've been hurt worse in life than by Nidal. Sometimes you're just the collateral damage in someone else's warfare in their own mind.”