Pfc. Michael S. Pearson was a 22‑year‑old male soldier in the United States Army at the time of his death on November 5, 2009. He was stationed at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, and died at the Fort Hood Readiness Center in the tragic mass shooting that occurred that day. The victim's gender and age are consistently reported in every source: he was male, age 22. His ethnicity is not specified in available public sources.
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Pearson, male, age 22, originally hailed from Bolingbrook, Illinois. He had been born on February 6, 1987, and had been serving in the U.S. Army Engineer Corps since September 25, 2008.
On November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center, a mass shooting took place. The shooter, identified as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, opened fire on a group of fellow soldiers and civilians, killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 others.
Regarding arrests and suspects:
Major Nidal Malik Hasan was the lone suspect; he was declared the sole shooter by Army officials on the day after the shooting. He was shot and wounded by responding Department of the Army police officers Sergeant Mark Todd and Sergeant Kimberly Munley, and was subsequently apprehended.
Hasan was formally arrested for the mass shooting. He was arraigned and later tried in a military court. At his 2013 court-martial, he was found guilty of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. The jury unanimously recommended a death sentence, and he was sentenced accordingly.
Investigations revealed that Hasan had communicated via e‑mail with the Yemen‑based radical cleric Anwar al‑Awlaki, but FBI reviews concluded those communications appeared related to Hasan's professional research and did not indicate a broader plot or co-conspirators. Accordingly, no evidence of additional suspects or accomplices was found.
