HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man was executed Wednesday evening for fatally shooting a game warden nine years ago during a shootout after a 90-minute highway chase that began when he was suspected of poaching.

James Freeman, 35, was asked by the warden if he had a final statement. ‘‘No, I do not,’’ he replied.

He was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m., 16 minutes after Texas prison officials began a lethal dose of pentobarbital. The lethal injection was the second in as many weeks in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state. The US Supreme Court declined to review Freeman’s case earlier this month, and no appeal was filed seeking to block the punishment.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday declined a clemency petition from Freeman, who was suspected of illegally hunting at night when a game warden spotted him. Freeman led police on a high-speed chase before shooting at them near his home.

Associated Press