Man convicted of killing Dallas-area police officer in 2002 set for execution
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A Texas prisoner on death row for the fatal shooting of a Dallas-area police officer outside a convenience store is headed for execution.
No last-day appeals were in the courts to try to keep 42-year-old Kent Sprouse from lethal injection Thursday evening in Huntsville.
The U.S. Supreme Court in November refused to review his case.
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Medical tests showed the Boone County, Missouri, native had taken illegal drugs within 48 hours of the October 2002 shootings of Ferris Police Officer Marty Steinfeldt. The 28-year-old patrolman came under fire as he responded to a 911 call to a shooting outside the Ferris Food Mart, about 20 miles south of Dallas.
Sprouse also was charged but not tried for 38-year-old Pedro Moreno's death. He was nearby pumping gas when he was fatally shot.