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Texas inmate Barney Ronald Fuller Jr. executed for 2003 shooting spree

By Amy R. Connolly
Barney Ronald Fuller Jr., 53, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. He was the first death row inmate to be executed in Texas in six months. He pleaded guilty to capital murder in 1994. Photo courtesy of Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Barney Ronald Fuller Jr., 53, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. He was the first death row inmate to be executed in Texas in six months. He pleaded guilty to capital murder in 1994. Photo courtesy of Texas Department of Criminal Justice

HOUSTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Barney Ronald Fuller Jr., who pleaded guilty to a May 2003 shooting spree that left two neighbors dead, was executed by lethal injection late Wednesday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.

Fuller, 53, was pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m. Moments before the lethal injection was administered, he said, "I don't have anything to say. You can proceed Warden (James) Jones."

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Fuller was sentenced to death for killing Annette and Nathan Copeland during a shooting spree. The couple's 14-year-old son was injured. Their 9-year-old daughter was not harmed. Prosecutors said the Copelands and Fuller got into a dispute after he allegedly shot an electric transformer. After the couple called the police, Fuller became incensed, burst into their home and opened fire. He later called 911 and confessed to the shooting.

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