A man who fatally shot a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago has been executed after an appeal claiming the jury at his trial was racist was dismissed.
Wesley Ruiz, 43, received a lethal injection and 22 minutes later at 6.41pm on Wednesday he was pronounced dead for the killing of Dallas Police Senior Corporal Mark Nix in March, 2007.
As the lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital began taking effect, he took two quick breaths, then began snoring. His 11th snore was his last and there was no further movement.
