A multiple killer who murdered a transient because he "just got in my way" was executed Monday after saying he wanted to die and asking for forgiveness from his victims' families.
William Paul Thompson, 52, was executed by injection and was pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m.He gave no final statement but talked with prison guards as he lay on a gurney in Nevada's former gas chamber, then stared at a ceiling fan as the injection was administered.
He was the third person put to death in Nevada and the 112th in the nation since executions resumed in 1977. Seven murderers have been executed this year.