HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A paroled murderer convicted of killing a police officer during a Dallas shooting spree 11 years ago was executed by injection Wednesday.

Daniel Joe Hittle, 50, was accused of killing five people on Nov. 15, 1989, including a 4-year-old girl. He was tried only in the slaying of Gerald Walker, 48, a 17-year police veteran who had pulled Hittle over for speeding.

Later Wednesday, a man who was convicted of killing five members of his girlfriend's family was executed by injection in Virginia.

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The execution of Christopher Goins, 27, was the eighth in Virginia this year and the 81st in the state since the Supreme Court allowed the death penalty to resume in 1976.

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