As the lethal drugs began flowing, Kevin Watts said, "Can I say

Kevin Watts walked into the Sam Won Gardens restaurant the morning of March 1, 2002, after a night of drinking and drugs and demanded money. He ordered manager Hak Po Kim, 30, and cooks Yan Tzu Banks, 52, and Chae Sun Shook, 59, to kneel on the kitchen floor and face a wall, and then shot each of them in the head.He abducted and later raped the wife of one of the victims.Watts, in his final statement, told friends he was thankful for their love and support."For everybody incarcerated, y'all keep your heads up," he said. He told them to "stay strong and keep fighting."
"I'm out of here, man. I'm gone. Keep me in your hearts," the 27-year-old inmate said.As the lethal drugs began flowing, Watts said, "Can I say something? I'm dying but..."At that point, he began snoring and stopped breathing a moment later.Watts was the 11th inmate to be put to death this year in Texas.Two more executions are scheduled next week.On Tuesday former East Texas truck repair shop owner Alvin Kelly was executed for the slaying of a 22-month-old Gregg County boy who died along with his parents in a shooting spree in 1984.

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