{
  "id": 12657508,
  "title": "Texas set to execute Jamaal Howard for 2000 fatal shooting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/texas-set-to-execute-jamaal-howard-for-2000-fatal-shooting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T15:52:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/texas-set-to-execute-jamaal-howard-for-2000-fatal-shooting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jamaal Howard is set to be executed in Texas for a fatal shooting that occurred in 2000. His attorneys have argued that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed, but the state has stated that he has not provided sufficient evidence to support this claim.\n\nThere is no additional information available about the circumstances of the shooting or the upcoming execution.\n\nThe reports also mention an upcoming execution of Nidal Hasan, a former US Army Major, for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others, according to Punch Nigeria and Punch.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Texas set to execute man for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk during robbery in 2000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/texas-set-to-execute-man-for-fatally-shooting-a-convenience-store",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:03:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Texas man faces execution for killing convenience store clerk in 2000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/texas-man-faces-execution-for-killing-convenience-store-clerk-in-2000",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:54:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "US Army to execute Texas military base shooter by firing squad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/us-army-to-execute-texas-military-base-shooter-by-firing-squad",
        "published": "2026-10-07T07:14:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}