Execution Date Set: Fort Hood Shooter Faces Unprecedented Fate

Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, according to a memo from the acting Army secretary.

The execution -- the first U.S. military execution in more than 60 years -- will take place at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1 p.m. CT, according to the memo from Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle on Tuesday.