AP - A death row inmate who had used a gun to fatally shoot two men suffered the same fate Friday morning as he was executed by a team of marksmen — the first time Utah used the firing squad to carry out a death sentence in 14 years.

 

The Associated Press cannot resist. They cannot help themselves. They see a past tense verb they can put 'had' in front of and they just go ahead and do it. What the heck. Let 'er fly. Either way, everyone knows what it means.