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Man who killed cop by shooting him 11 times executed before he could utter his final words

47-year-old Joseph Garcia was the fourth in the group to be executed over the Christmas Eve killing of 29-year-old Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins

A member of the infamous 'Texas Seven' group who escaped from the John B. Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, on December 13, 2000, and later was involved in the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer, was put to death via lethal injection on Tuesday, December 4.

According to the Daily Mail, 47-year-old Joseph Garcia was the fourth in the group to be executed over the Christmas Eve killing of 29-year-old Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins 18 years ago, with the remaining two inmates still on death row. Garcia received the lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, as per Texas prison rules, was granted a standard last meal and allowed to say a few last words.