Alonzo Lunsford Says Execution Livestream Isn't a Party

Alonzo Lunsford was shot seven times in the Fort Hood attack. Now Nidal Hasan, the man convicted in that shooting, is set to die by firing squad, and Lunsford plans to watch. His condition: it shouldn't feel like a party.

Lunsford told TMZ that Hasan's livestreamed death should not be treated like a tailgate event. He also said children and teenagers should have no part of it. He plans to look Hasan in the eye during the execution, he said, in the hope of finally getting closure.

He told TMZ he thinks the Defense Department will have a hard time finding a place to stream the execution, predicting that outlets won't want the backlash of airing an execution live. But he also said it matters that people remember the lives lost in the horrific shooting.

Hasan carried out the Fort Hood shooting in 2009, according to TMZ. He was found guilty of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. The War Department's plan is to livestream the firing-squad execution on Dec. 3, TMZ reports.

TMZ also caught up with Vice President JD Vance, who doubts the Pentagon will go through with the plan. If the livestreamed execution does move forward, Vance said he won't be tuning in.

• Alonzo Lunsford
• execution
• Fort Hood
• JD Vance
• Nidal Hasan
• TMZ