A South Carolina man convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend’s parents to death has become the first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot to death just after 6pm local time on Friday by three state corrections department volunteers firing rifles at his chest with specially designed bullets. Sigmon had requested death by firing squad over the other two state-approved methods of execution: electric chair and lethal injection. He was pronounced dead by a doctor at 6:08 local time. Three members of the Larke family were present to witness his death, as well as his spiritual adviser.
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