Anthony Fuentes was executed tonight for fatally shooting a man

Anthony Fuentes was executed tonight for fatally shooting a man who tried to nab the robber of a convenience store 10 years ago. Fuentes, 30, denied he was responsible for killing Robert Tate, 28, although he acknowledged he was with 3 companions when they were holding up the tore. He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. Fuentes becomes the 23rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 336th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7, 1977. Fuentes becomes the 97th condemned inmate to be put to death since Rick Perry became Governor in 2000. Fuentes becomes the 59th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA.