Fort Hood survivors speak out on Pentagon's decision to livestream Hasan's execution – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Fort Hood survivors speak out on Pentagon’s decision to livestream Hasan’s execution  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot several times, said he plans to attend in person and wants to "lock eyes" with the shooter, Nidal Hasan. Alonzo Lunsford said he wants to "lock eyes" with Nidal Hasan. For two of the survivors of the Fort Hood shooting, the news that the execution of the gunman who attempted to take their lives nearly 17 years ago will be livestreamed for the public to see has unearthed complicated emotions. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Thursday that the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the November 2009 mass shooting, will be open to the public and livestreamed online.

Hasan, who described the shooting as an act of jihad, is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3 by eight military service members — marking the first military execution since 1961, as well as the first by firing squad since 1945. Alonzo Lunsford had served in the Army since 1990, and at the time of the shooting was a sergeant stationed at Ford Hood. Hasan shot Lunsford seven times — including in the head and in the stomach — and Lunsford witnessed Hasan kill several colleagues that he had become good friends with. Lunsford, who retired from the Army in 2013, told ABC News he