Manuel Fernando Garza Jr.
Manuel Fernando Garza Jr., 34, was executed by lethal injection with pentobarbital at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on April 15, 2015. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice recorded him as pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m., 26 minutes after the drug was administered. Garza maintained that he acted in self-defense and that the gun went off accidentally, according to MySA. His execution was carried out by the State of Texas.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Garza maintained that he acted in self-defense and that the gun went off accidentally, and his lawyers objected to his execution.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Custody: Serving a sentence.