Texas puts to death a man in killing of 3 people, the state’s fifth execution this year

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A man has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year.

In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wednesday but was halted by a judge’s late-night decision a day before he was scheduled to die.

LeJames Norman, 40, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He’d been sentenced to death in the fatal shootings of Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, inside the home they shared in Edna, located about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of Houston.

Ker’Sean Ramey was also convicted in the shootings and sentenced to death. His execution is set for next week.

Court records indicated Norman and Ramey believed there was cocaine in the house and hoped to steal it, but they never found any drugs. Norman was arrested about five months after the killings while trying to cross back into the U.S. from Mexico.

Norman pleaded guilty to capital murder, leaving a jury to decide his punishment. The U.S.

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