Florida executes 45-year-old inmate for 1984 slaying

He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Margaret “Peggy” Park,a Florida wildlife officer who was shot with her own gun in 1984.

Grossman was the 69th person executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated here in 1979. He was the 25th by lethal injection,the fifth executed under Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the first in 2010.

Park’s family travelled from Ohio to witness the execution.