Patrick Rogers was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Officer David Roberts
According to court documents Patrick Rogers and an accomplice had just robbed a store and were spotted by Officer David Roberts. Before the Officer could get out of his vehicle Patrick ran up and fatally shot the Officer
Patrick Rogers would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Patrick Rogers would be executed by lethal injection on June 2 1997
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Patrick Rogers Case
Texas prison officials have executed a former waiter for the murder of a police officer during a 1985 crime spree in northeast Texas. Patrick Rogers is the 17th killer executed by injection in Texas this year.
The lethal chemicals were administered after a lengthy statement in which Rogers’ prayed for forgiveness, bid his family farewell, and told the family of his victim, ‘What you want to see, you’re going to get.’ The 33-year-old Rogers was condemned for the Sept. 21, 1985 death of Paris, Texas, police officer David Roberts. The 23-year-old officer was shot six times through the windshield and driver’s side window of his patrol car after he stopped a stolen car carrying Rogers and Willis Cooper. Roberts’ brother, Danny Roberts, witnessed the execution and later said, ‘We leave here with only the assurance that Rogers will never have the chance to hurt anyone again.’
Trial testimony indicated Rogers and Cooper were on an interstate crime spree and were high on PCP at the time of the murder. The spree began when they stole a car in Oklahoma City before driving to Paris, where they stole a pistol from a pawn shop and held up an ice cream shop, stealing $685. Cooper was convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and sentenced to life in prison. Rogers is the 124th prisoner put to death in Texas since the state resumed executions in 1982. The state attorney general’s office says another execution is scheduled Tuesday and two are set for Wednesday
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