Leroy Dean McGill, 63, was convicted of murder in the death of Charles Perez, who was attacked with his girlfriend in a north Phoenix apartment.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match is set to be put to death Wednesday, the first

McGill is set to receive a lethal injection of pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence

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FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match was put to death Wednesday, the first of three…

It was the first of three executions planned this week around the U.S.

Leroy Dean McGill, 63, was convicted of murder in the death of Charles Perez, who was attacked with his girlfriend in a north Phoenix apartment.