Wendell Arden Grissom, 56, used his final statement on Thursday to beg for forgiveness from a woman he shot 20 years ago in a home invasion and robbery that took the life of her best friend.

Wendell Arden Grissom was executed by lethal injection nearly two decades after he shot Amber Dawn Matthews in the head as she shielded her friends newborn baby ...

(Unsplash/representative ) Wendell Grissom, 56, will receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester in Oklahoma’s first execution of 2025, officials said.

Wendell Grissom, 56, was declared dead by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10:13 a.m. It was Oklahoma’s first execution of 2025.