Major Nidal Malik Hasan

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, born and primarily raised in Arlington County, southwestern Virginia, is convicted of shooting 13 people to death, including one civilian, and injuring 32 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009. After a long period of trials, Hasan finally admitted his shooting and in the end of the story he was executed on August 28, 2013. Nidal Malik Hasan was born in September 8, 1970 in Virginia. His parents were immigrated to the United States from Palestine. Hasan was raised in this Muslim family along with two younger brothers. After his family moved to Roanoke, Virginia in 1985, he attended William Fleming High School and graduated in 1988. During this period, Hasan also helped his parents at their family

In late July, he purchased a semi-automatic pistol trademarked as the Five-seveN, which is one of the most advanced weapon in the world, in a gun shop in Killeen, Texas. And the reason why Hasan picked the Five-seveN pistol is not merely because of the advanced technique it used. This pistol also has the capacity to use an extended magazine which can hold 30 rounds just like an assault rifle. In addition, the ammunition Hasan chose can penetrate body armor more effectively than the standard bullets. According to the gun shop’s manager, Hasan would purchase extra extended magazine and bullets on weekly basis. Several weeks before the shooting, Nidal Malik Hasan visited a shooting range in Florence, Texas. And it is believed that the shooting range was the place that Hasan became more used to shoot at dummies at a distance of 100 yards. On the morning of the Fort Hood shooting, Nidal Malik Hasan gave away his furniture and saying that he was going to be deployed on Friday, the day right after the shooting. On November 5, 2009, the day of Fort Hood shooting, according to the survivals, Hasan sat down by an empty table and lowered his head for a few seconds and then he stood up, shouted “Allahu Akbar!”, and then opened fire to soldiers in his