Virginia has carried out its first execution of 2017. 39-year-old Ricky Javon Gray died from a lethal injection at 9:42 p.m. Wednesday at Greensville Correctional Center near Jarratt.

Gray was convicted of murdering two young girls and their parents after he broke into their South Richmond home on January 1st, 2006. He told state prison officials he had no final words. The victims were Bryan and Kathryn Harvey, and their 9 and 4 year old daughters.

A small group of death penalty opponents protested Gray’s execution Wednesday outside the Charlottesville Circuit Court.