FORT HOOD, TX — On November 5, 2009, 39-year-old Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and injured 32 more during a shooting spree at Fort Hood.
A memorial ceremony is being held at 1 p.m. Tuesday and is open to the public. The ceremony is being held at the Fort Hood Memorial Pavilion.
The shooting
On that Thursday afternoon, Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" and then opened fire into a crowd inside a processing center with a semi-automatic pistol. The center was filled with soldiers who were about to be deployed overseas or were receiving medical screenings after returning from deployment.
The shooting lasted 10 minutes before Hasan was shot by civilian police and taken into custody. Hasan was left paralyzed from the waist down.
The victims
Chief Warrant Officer Michael Grant Cahill (Ret.) of Cameron, Texas
Major Librardo Eduardo Caraveo of Woodbridge, Virginia
Army Staff Sergeant Justin DeCrow of Plymouth, Indiana
Captain John Gaffaney of San Diego, California
Specialist Frederick Green of Mountain City, Tennessee
Specialist Jason Dean Hunt of Tipton, Oklahoma
Sergeant Army Krueger of Kiel, Wisconsin
Private First Class Aaron Thomas Nemelka of West Jordan, Utah
Private First Class Michael Pearson of Bolingbrook, Illinois
Captain Russell Seager of Racine, Wisconsin
Private Francheska Velez of Chicago, Illinois
Lieutenant Colonel Juanita L. Warman of Havre De Grace, Maryland
Specialist Kham Xiong of St. Paul, Minnesota
The trial
One week after the shooting, Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
On December 2, 2009, Hasan was charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.
He was arraigned on July 20, 2011.
On June 8, 2012, Hasan's hearing was rescheduled after he arrived to court with a beard, which is a violation of military regulations.
A military appeals court halted the murder case indefinitely on August 17, 2012, in order to determine whether the Army could forcibly shave Hasan's beard. Hasan made the argument that his religion requires he wear a beard.
A military appeals court ruled on October 18, 2012, that Hasan could be forcibly shaved.
Hasan was ruled physically fit to represent himself during his court-martial on June 3, 2013.
The court-martial began on August 6, 2013.
The verdict
On August 23, 2013, a military jury convicted Hasan of 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. Five days later, after two hours of deliberation, the jury recommended the death penalty.
Timeline courtesy of CNN.
