Alabama executes man in 1994 triple slaying

Robert Melson killed 3 in Popeye's restaurant

Alabama has executed 46-year-old Robert Melson, who was convicted for the 1994 shooting deaths of three fast food restaurant employees, the Associated Press reports.

Melson was convicted of killing three people during a robbery of a Popeyeā€™s restaurant in Gadsden, Alabama. He ordered four employees into the restaurantā€™s freezer, then opened fire on them, killing three. The surviving employee crawled out of the freezer and called for help.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily delayed the execution to consider his claim that the state planned to use a drug that would not reliably render him unconscious. The court later OKā€™d the execution.