The Latest: ‘Texas 7’ inmate executed for officer’s killing

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the execution of a man convicted of killing a Texas police officer in 2000 (all times local):
6:55 p.m.
A member of the notorious “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners has been executed for the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer during a Christmas Eve robbery nearly 18 years ago.
Joseph Garcia received lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 2000 shooting death of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins.
The 47-year-old Garcia