Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

A death row inmate and convicted killer in South Carolina has been executed by firing squad on March 7. It's the first ...

The inmate was 67-year-old Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of double-murder. The last execution by firing squad in the U.S.

Columbia, S.C. • The state of South Carolina executed a prisoner Friday evening with a firing squad, an extremely rare method ...

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday (March 7), the first use of the method in the United ...

The details of South Carolina’s lethal injection method are kept secret. Sigmon had unsuccessfully petitioned the state ...

South Carolina executed death row inmate Brad Sigmon on Friday, going through with the nation's first execution by firing ...

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad -- the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010. Meg Oliver reports.

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001.

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, the first such U.S. execution in 15 years. He chose this ...

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method. Brad Sigmon was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. Friday after being shot by ...