Death row prisoner Wesley Ruiz told his family "don't worry about me, I'm ready to fly" in his final words before being executed for the murder of a Dallas police officer.
The 43-year-old received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, for the March 2007 killing of Dallas Police Senior Corporal Mark Nix.
"I would like to apologise to Mark and the Nix family for taking him away from you," Ruiz said as he was laying strapped to a gurney in the death chamber. "I hope this brings you closure."
