Trump backs public firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer: ‘He deserves it’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday backed the Department of War’s decision to execute the Fort Hood mass shooter by firing squad, insisting that the Army major who turned his handgun on fellow soldiers nearly 20 years ago “deserves it.” “We’re giving a man the death penalty who killed 14 soldiers a couple of years ago,” the president said Friday after the Pentagon made waves by announcing the execution would be livestreamed to the public....