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Texas executes man for police officer's 2002 shooting death
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas prison officials have executed a man for a Dallas-area police officer's slaying during a 2002 shootout that followed a convenience store customer's killing.

Kent Sprouse became the fifth convicted killer put to death this year in Texas when he was given a lethal injection Thursday evening.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review his case in November and no last-day appeals were filed in the courts.

The 42-year-old Boone County, Missouri, native was condemned for the October 2002 killing of 28-year-old Ferris police officer Marty Steinfeldt. The officer was responding to a 911 call about a customer being shot while pumping gas at the store.

Ferris is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Dallas.

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-- (c) Associated Press 2015-04-10

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Officer survived a tour of duty in the armed forces, only to be shot on home soil by a scumbag.

Officer never had the chance to see his unborn child.

Proud to be from Texas. tx22cb

Indeed a very sad incident which was quite unwarranted.

Justice had been served, but the loss for the family will last for a long time.

RIP

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Officer survived a tour of duty in the armed forces, only to be shot on home soil by a scumbag.

Officer never had the chance to see his unborn child.

Proud to be from Texas. tx22cb

me too

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