Ex-Doctor Killed 4 People in Nebraska, Receives Death Sentence

Ex-Doctor Killed 4 People in Nebraska, Receives Death Sentence
Anthony Garcia appears unresponsive at the Douglas County Court in Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14, 2018. Kent Sievers/Omaha World-Herald via AP, Pool
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OMAHA, Neb.—A former doctor was sentenced to death on Sept. 14 for the revenge killings of four people connected to a Nebraska medical school, including the 11-year-old son of a physician who helped fire the man from a residency program nearly two decades ago.

Anthony Garcia, 45, of Indiana entered the courtroom in a wheelchair and appeared to sleep through the hearing as a three-judge panel sentenced him to death. The judges, who heard arguments earlier this year during the sentencing phase of Garcia’s trial, also had the option of life in prison.