Jason Clark, chief of staff for TDCJ: Prior to Buntion’s execution, he read a lengthy statement, thanking his friends and expressing remorse for killing Officer Irby.
According to court records, Irby pulled over a vehicle for a minor traffic violation in Houston, KRPC-TV reported.
“I was always prepared for him to get hurt on his motorcycle, I wasn’t prepared for him to be shot down in cold blood,” Maura Irby, the officer’s widow, said in a 1990 interview.
“He was ready to fill out the paperwork and stay home and open a feed store,” Maura Irby, now 60, told KHOU.
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