Napoleon Beazley in 2001
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (CNN) -- Texas executed confessed killer Napoleon Beazley by lethal injection Tuesday evening for a murder he committed in 1994, when he was 17.
Beazley was sentenced to death for the April 1994 killing of 63-year-old John Luttig. Beazley was convicted of shooting Luttig -- whose son is now a federal judge -- twice in the head as he and two friends tried to steal Luttig's Mercedes-Benz from his driveway.
When asked if he had any final statements, Beazley looked at Luttig's daughter and said no.
As the drugs took effect, Beazley sputtered and gasped, and then was silent. He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. (7:17 p.m. ET). It was the 14th execution in Texas this year.
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