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Executed Texas man’s son and grandson released on bond

Executed Texas man's son and grandson released on bond | iNFOnews.ca
Members of the Vicha family are greeted with a salute from current and former McLennan County law enforcement officers as the head toward the entrance of the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville for the execution of Billy Wayne Coble, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Huntsville, Texas. Coble, a Vietnam War veteran killed his estranged wife's parents and brother and threaten to do the same to her in 1989. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune Herald, via AP)

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Two men accused of lashing out in the witness room during the execution of a family member in Texas have each been released on $1,000 bond.

Gordon Wayne Coble and his 21-year-old son, Dalton Coble, were released Friday following their arrests Thursday on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

Authorities say Gordon Wayne Coble banged on the death chamber window and shouted obscenities while his father, 70-year-old Billie Wayne Coble, was being put to death by lethal injection. They say the two defendants and Gordon Wayne Coble’s wife also lashed out at others witnessing the execution.

The two men were taken outside and arrested.

Billie Wayne Coble was convicted of killing his estranged wife’s parents and brother in 1989.

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