article_snippet.sent: A San Antonio man who fatally shot a SWAT team member with the officer's own gun more than 14 years ago was executed on Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: Manuel Garza Jr. received a lethal injection of pentobarbital for killing San Antonio Police Officer John 'Rocky' Riojas in February 2001.
article_snippet.sent: Manuel Garza Jr. is the sixth convicted murderer to be put to death in Texas this year.
article_snippet.sent: Manuel Garza Jr. was given the death sentence after killing San Antonio Police Officer John 'Rocky' Riojas in February 2001 .
article_snippet.sent: Before Manuel Garza Jr. death, Manuel Garza Jr. was given the same food as the rest of the inmates in Manuel Garza Jr. unit for Manuel Garza Jr. final meal because Texas no longer allows special-order last meals, according toLast Suppers.
article_snippet.sent: Texas carries out the death penalty more than any other state.
article_snippet.sent: Manuel Garza Jr. was the first inmate executed with a new supply of pentobarbital recently obtained by Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials that would allow Manuel Garza Jr. and two other lethal injections scheduled for this month to be carried out.
highlights_snippet.sent: Manuel Garza Jr. was put to death for killing a San Antonio police officer in 2001 .
  