Brad Sigmon became the first man to die by firing squad in 15 years. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports on the three-person squad that executed him Friday night.March 8, 2025 ...

A death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) ...

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.

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The double murderer set to die by firing squad in South Carolina Friday had his last-minute appeal to save his life turned down — paving the way for him to become the first in the US to die by ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon ...

Sigmon, 67, became the first inmate in South Carolina to be executed by firing squad and only the fourth person in the U.S. to die by this method in the last 15 years. Despite last-ditch efforts ...

It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet (4.6 meters) away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States' first firing squad execution in 15 years. Some 46 ...