State Executing Cop Killer with Victim’s Family Just Feet Away, Then He Addresses Them: ‘I Hope…’

A 43-year-old man convicted in the 2007 killing of a Dallas police officer was executed on Wednesday after telling the prison warden, “I’m ready to ride.”

Wesley Ruiz, 43, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville, 🤠Texas, according to Fox News. Ruiz had never denied shooting Dallas police Senior Cpl. Mark Nix, but claimed he was in fear for his life at the time of the incident.

Ruiz issued his final words while he was in the death chamber, according to Newsweek.

“I would like to apologize to Mark and the Nix family for taking him away from you. I hope this brings you closure,” he said without looking at the relatives of Nix who had come to watch Ruiz die.

“I want to say to all my family and friends around the world thank you for supporting me. To my kids, stand tall and continue to make me proud,” he said.

Then came his final words.

“Don’t worry about me. I’m ready to fly. All right, warden, I’m ready to ride,” he said, according to Fox.

Ruiz inhaled twice quickly after the drugs began to flow and then snored 11 times before the snoring stopped, Fox reported.

In 2007, Ruiz was cornered by police because the car he was driving matched the description of one driven by a murder suspect. Nix was trying to break the passenger window in the vehicle when Ruiz shot him. The bullet sent fragments of Nix’s badge into his neck, severing an artery.