- Billy Leon Kearse was executed in Florida for the 1991 killing of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish.
- Kearse, 53, was pronounced dead after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke.
- He became the third person executed by Florida this year, following a record 19 executions in 2025.
- Kearse fatally shot Parrish with his own service weapon during a traffic stop for driving the wrong way on a one-way street in January 1991.
- His final appeals were rejected by both the US Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court before his execution.
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