Texas Executes Man Who Killed 5, Including Wife, Children

A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children and two other relatives during a drug-fueled rage.

Abel Ochoa in an undated file photo. Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children, and two other relatives during a drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago.

Prosecutors say Abel Ochoa was high on crack cocaine and looking for money to buy more drugs when he started shooting inside his home in August 2002.