@chloe_khloe2: #CapCut Nidal Malik Hasan (often referred to as Nidal Hasan) is a former United States Army Major and psychiatrist convicted of perpetrating the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. On November 5, 2009, Hasan opened fire inside the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. Trial and Conviction During his military court-martial in August 2013, Hasan acted as his own attorney and admitted to the shootings, claiming he was attempting to protect Taliban leaders overseas from deploying American soldiers. The jury convicted him of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, and he was subsequently sentenced to death.