Texas triple murderer uses last words before execution to send message to death row inmates

A man convicted of murdering three people in their apartment while searching for drugs to steal was executed in Texas on Wednesday evening, a week after his accomplice was put to death for the same killings.

Ker'Sean Ramey, 41, died by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m.

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In the execution chamber, a prison chaplain rested his hand on Ramey's shoulder before leading him in a brief prayer.

The warden then asked Ramey if he had any last words, the AP reported.

Ramey praised God and thanked his friends, family and fellow death row inmates, whom he called his brothers.

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I greatly appreciate you," Ramey said moments before the injection was prepared.

As the pentobarbital took effect, Ramey took a deep breath, sputtered and began snoring.

After 10 loud snores and two that were barely audible, he went still.

He was pronounced dead 14 minutes after the injection was first administered.

Ramey became the sixth inmate executed in Texas this year, with the state set to carry out three more lethal injections over the next two months.

In January 2007, Ramey was convicted and sentenced to death for the August 2005 shootings of Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, at a home they shared in Edna, a small rural city about 100 miles southwest of Houston.

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