An execution warrant was signed on Tuesday 10th January for a man convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer during a botched 1996 bank robbery.
Christopher "Cool C" Roney, 36, of Philadelphia, an inmate at Greene state prison, was scheduled for a lethal injection March 9.
Roney was convicted of pulling the trigger in the death of Lauretha Vaird, a 9-year police veteran who was responding to a silent alarm tripped during the January 2nd, 1996, attempted robbery in Northeast Philadelphia.
At the time, Roney was known as the rap singer "Cool C." Two accomplices were sentenced to life in prison.
Vaird, a 43-year-old mother of two, was shot in the chest just after she walked in the door of the PNC Bank branch. She was the 1st female officer slain in the line of duty in city history.
Roney was a member of rap crew The Hilltop Hustlers in the late 1980s and helped put Philly rappers on the map with singles such as "Juice Crew Dis", as well as 1989's hit single, "Glamorous Life."
As a rapper, Roney released two albums, 1989's I Gotta Habit and 1990’s Life in the Ghetto.
In 1993, he joined Steady B and Ultimate Eaze to form the group C.E.B. and released the album Countin' Endless Bank in 1993 on Ruffhouse Records.
Christopher "Cool C" Roney, 36, of Philadelphia, an inmate at Greene state prison, was scheduled for a lethal injection March 9.
Roney was convicted of pulling the trigger in the death of Lauretha Vaird, a 9-year police veteran who was responding to a silent alarm tripped during the January 2nd, 1996, attempted robbery in Northeast Philadelphia.
At the time, Roney was known as the rap singer "Cool C." Two accomplices were sentenced to life in prison.
Vaird, a 43-year-old mother of two, was shot in the chest just after she walked in the door of the PNC Bank branch. She was the 1st female officer slain in the line of duty in city history.
Roney was a member of rap crew The Hilltop Hustlers in the late 1980s and helped put Philly rappers on the map with singles such as "Juice Crew Dis", as well as 1989's hit single, "Glamorous Life."
As a rapper, Roney released two albums, 1989's I Gotta Habit and 1990’s Life in the Ghetto.
In 1993, he joined Steady B and Ultimate Eaze to form the group C.E.B. and released the album Countin' Endless Bank in 1993 on Ruffhouse Records.