Updated on: November 12, 2026 / 6:22 PM CST / AP. An Oklahoma man was put to death Thursday for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend's estranged husband as he arrived to pick up his two young children before Thanksgiving.

It was the first in a pair of executions in the U.S. scheduled for Thursday.

James Pavatt, 73, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in McAlester.