An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match has been put to the death in the first of three executions planned this week around the U.S. Corrections officials say 63-year-old Leroy McGill received a lethal injection Wednesday for the 2002 killing of Charles Perez. Authorities say Perez and his girlfriend accused McGill of stealing a gun from a north Phoenix apartment before they were attacked. The girlfriend survived the attack, but Perez died in a hospital. Thirteen people have been executed to date this year in the U.S. Tennessee and Florida are each scheduled to carry out an execution Thursday.
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