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Wesley Ruiz finds out the date of his execution (PHOTOS)

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  • Wesley Lynn Ruiz will be the first inmate to be executed in Texas next year.
  • Ruiz, 43, was sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer.
  • Officer Mark Nix wanted to stop Ruiz but he was killed in a hail of bullets.

Wesley Lynn Ruiz was informed that he will be the first inmate to be executed next year for the shooting death of a police officer. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) advised Ruiz, 43, that his sentence will be served on February 1, 2023 at the Walls Unit in Huntsville.

Wesley Lynn Ruiz is detained in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, where all male prisoners sentenced to death live. The documents of the case consulted by MundoNow detail that Ruiz was convicted of the murder of officer Mark Nix of the Dallas Police Department (DPD).

Wesley Lynn Ruiz knows the date of his execution

Wesley Lynn Ruiz, 43, already knows when the last day of his life will be to serve his death sentence for the fatal shooting of a Dallas police officer. (PHOTO: Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

Mark Nix, 33, had his last day of work on Friday, March 23, 2007 after seven years as an officer with DPD. Before becoming a police officer, Officer Nix had military training in the United States Navy. He was an officer with experience in combat and the use of weapons.

That day a couple of detectives from the Homicide Division of the DPD radioed for support while chasing a car that they had just seen in an area of ​​​​Dallas. According to an investigation, it could be linked to a gang murder in Texas.

It all started with a chase for a Chevy Caprice

PHOTO: Taken from Twitter.

The DPD Homicide Division knew that a 1996 Chevy Caprice with four doors, tinted windows and chrome wheels was linked to a brutal homicide committed two days earlier. Detectives spotted the car on Stemmons Freeway and called for backup.

In 2007 Wesley Lynn Ruiz was 27 years old, he was selling drugs in the western Dallas metropolitan area and was a member of a gang. The driver of the Chevy Caprice was indeed Wesley Lynn Ruiz ,who had an AR-15 rifle with him.

Officer Mark Nix responds to the call

Mark Nix, 33, had been a police officer for seven years and was killed by a hail of bullets in the middle of trying to stop a fugitive. (PHOTO; Dallas Police Department)

Mark Nix responded to the call from his colleagues in the Homicide Division and he observed the car speeding west of the Dallas metropolitan area on Mockingbird Lane. The officer pulled up right behind Wesley Lynn Ruiz’s car.

Officer Nix turned on all of his sirens and lights and ordered the driver of the Chevy Caprice to stop. Then Wesley Lynn Ruiz made the decision that sentenced him to death. Another patrol joined the frantic pursuit of the suspicious vehicle driven by the gang member.

The entire crime was caught on video

PHOTO; Taken from Twitter.

Wesley Lynn Ruiz attempted to toy with the DPD officers who were chasing him. He accelerated erratically and then suddenly stopped the Chevy Caprice. The officers were about to hit the car they were chasing at full speed several times. Everything was recorded on patrol cameras.

The chase was joined by another seven patrol cars plus undercover detectives from the DPD Homicide Division. However, Wesley Lynn Ruiz did not stop the car and the tension increased. The videos remained as evidence of the crime.

Only Officer Nix went after the fugitive

PHOTO: Taken from Twitter.

During the high-speed chase, Wesley Lynn Ruiz hit a curb and promptly lost control of the Chevy Caprice, speeding up a sloping meadow next to the road. The only patrol car that followed the gang member’s car was that of Officer Mark Nix.

Due to the blow and the rise of the slope, Wesley Lynn Ruiz’s car was stranded. Patrolman Mark Nix fearlessly jumped out of his squad car, armed only with his metal baton, and ran the Chevy Caprice. His life was ended in an instant with a hail of bullets.

A hail of bullets ended the policeman’s life

PHOTO: Taken from Twitter.

Other DPD officers got into a shootout with Wesley Lynn Ruiz and amid the hail of bullets, they were able to drag their badly wounded colleague out of the crime scene. The tension grew because Ruiz kept firing his AR-15 at the police.

Paramedics from the Dallas Fire Department (DPD) rushed to the scene. However, the brave officer died when he was in the emergency room, though doctors fought to save his life.

SWAT agents captured Wesley Lynn Ruiz

PHOTO: Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Agents from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team responded to the scene. The SWAT sniper stationed in one of the DPD vans managed to shoot Wesley Lynn Ruiz but only to leave him badly injured and unconscious.

After being treated for his injuries, Wesley Lynn Ruiz faced his trial and just one year after the murder of officer Mark Nix, he was sentenced to death in Dallas County. Finally, next Wednesday, February 1, 2023, he will enter the Huntsville prison to serve his sentence.

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