But he said it was a reflex action taken to try to break up the fight between Byrd and King . Lawrence Brewer executed in Texas at 7:21 p.m . ET . The execution of the man convicted of killing a police officer and his wife was carried out by lethal injection on Wednesday evening after an hour long legal battle that began when he refused to sign a death Byrd was chained to a truck and dragged to death . A prosecutor described Brewer as a racist psychopath .
Lawrence Brewer executed in Texas at 7:21 p.m . ET . The execution of the man convicted of killing a police officer and his wife was carried out by lethal injection on Wednesday evening after an hour long legal battle that began when he refused to sign a death Byrd was chained to a truck and dragged to death . A prosecutor described Brewer as a racist psychopath .