A man convicted of killing a teenage girl who turned down his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was put to death on Tuesday, marking the first of three lethal injections scheduled to take place in Florida this month.
Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was officially pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. following the administration of a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison located near Starke. Lucas received the death penalty for the 1976 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Jill Piper and the wounding of her companions, Richard Byrd Jr. and Terri Rice.
