A member of the Texas 7 gang of escaped prisoners has been executed for the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer during a robbery nearly 18 years ago.
Joseph Garcia received lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 2000 shooting death of Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins.
Garcia was part of a group of seven inmates who broke out of a south Texas prison in December 2000 and were later captured in Woodland Park.
Four have been executed, including Garcia, and the other two are awaiting execution dates.
