Convicted double murderer executed by firing squad in South Carolina

A South Carolina antheral convicted of sidesplitting his ex-girlfriend's parents with a shot bat successful 2001 was executed by firing squad aboriginal Friday evening – a method utilized for the archetypal clip successful 15 years successful the U.S.

Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dormant astatine 6:08 p.m. aft being changeable by 3 unpaid situation employees astatine the Broad River Correctional Institution successful Columbia, according to the Associated Press.

Sigmon, who antecedently admitted to sidesplitting the mates due to the fact that his ex-girlfriend refused to get backmost to him, was blindfolded and strapped to a seat with a people connected his chest.

Brad Sigmon was convicted of beating to decease his estranged girlfriend’s parents successful Greenville County successful 2001. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)

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The executioners, equipped with rifles astir 15 feet away, fired bullets into his heart.

The volunteers each fired astatine the aforesaid clip done openings successful a wall, according to the AP. A twelve witnesses, seated successful a country separated from the enclosure by bullet-resistant glass, could not spot the executioners.

Just a fewer hours earlier the decease sentence, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an exigency question to suspend the execution.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson signed disconnected connected the action.

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Executions successful South Carolina resumed successful September, erstwhile the authorities – erstwhile 1 of the busiest for executions – ended a 13-year intermission successful carrying retired the decease penalty.

Twenty-five executions were carried retired successful the U.S. past year. Five person already been carried retired successful 2025, per the Death Penalty Information Center.

Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.