Oklahoma man executed for 2001 killing of girlfriend’s husband

Oklahoma executed James Pavatt by lethal injection Thursday at the state penitentiary in McAlester. Pavatt, 73, was convicted of fatally shooting Rob Andrew, his girlfriend’s estranged husband, in 2001 as Andrew arrived to pick up his two children. Pavatt was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m. Central Time. His execution was the first of two scheduled in the United States that day.