Donald Newbury Execution In Texas To Go Forward

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal to stop the execution of a Texas inmate scheduled to die Wednesday for killing a police officer.

The denial of a stay of execution, reported by the Associated Press, allows Texas officials to administer a lethal injection to Donald Newbury.

The 52-year-old was given a death sentence for the fatal shooting of Officer Aubrey Hawkins, 29, while Newbury and six other escaped inmates, dubbed the "Texas 7" robbed a sporting goods store near Dallas on Christmas Eve 2000. Hawkins was shot 11 times and run over by the gang, according to Buzzfeed.

One of the Texas 7 committed suicide to avoid capture. Two have already been executed and the others sit on death row.

Newbury was once granted a reprieve in 2012 a week before an earlier execution date, according to WFAA. He is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. Central.