Arizona executes man by lethal injection for 2002 murder

A 53-year-old man convicted of murder was put to death by lethal injection in Arizona on Wednesday in the first execution in the southwestern U.S. state in more than two years.

Aaron Gunches, who had dropped legal efforts to halt his execution, was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of Ted Price, his girlfriend's ex-husband.

"Justice for Ted Price and his family was finally served," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told reporters following the execution at a state prison in Florence, Arizona.