Man Who Gunned Down Officer Is Executed
Shouting rock ‘n’ roll lyrics, a handyman convicted of shooting a police officer to death in 1985 was executed by injection in Huntsville.
Randal Hafdahl, 48, expressed love for friends and relatives in his final statement, and choked back tears as he addressed his daughter, who watched through a window a few feet away.
“Approximately 28 years ago, I looked at a bassinet looking at an angel and I’m looking at her right now,” he said. His daughter sobbed.
Hafdahl then lifted his head from the death chamber gurney and shouted, “The road goes on forever and the party never ends! Rock ‘n’ roll!”
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