Event Brief
Florida executes 77-year-old for Polk hammer attack
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 29, 2026 at 6:20 AM ET
UPDATED Sep 29, 2026 at 7:20 PM ET
Summary: A 77-year-old Florida man was executed Tuesday after being convicted in a decades-old hammer attack that killed a woman in Polk County. The death was the 16th execution in the U.S. this year, carried out in the nation’s busiest death chamber.
WHO: A 77-year-old Florida man convicted in the Polk County hammer attack
WHAT: Executed by the state for a deadly hammer attack conviction
WHEN: Sep 29, 2026 at 6:29 PM ET
WHERE: Polk County, Florida
WHY: No specific cause was reported beyond the event itself.
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