Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was executed Wednesday at 10 a.m. for the 2002 shooting death of Ted Price, his girlfriend’s ex-husband, near Mesa.
Gunches previously said that his death sentence was “long overdue,” fighting in recent years to speed up the process as fast as possible. He also recently passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death sentence.
Prison officials confirmed the execution of Gunches was carried out successfully within minutes and “went according to…policy and procedure.” He was officially pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m…