Double murderer is first US inmate executed by firing squad in 15 years

A man from South Carolina, who is convicted of parents, has become his ex -girlfriend to death, the first prisoner of time in the United States to be executed by the fire division in the past fifteen years.

Brad Sigmoun was shot until 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday by three volunteers who fired rifles on his chest with specially designed bullets.

Sigmoun, 67, was convicted of the killing of David and Galidis Lark at Bastoul’s Presse in 2001 before his ex -girlfriend was kidnapped at gunpoint. She managed to escape shooting her.

Segon asked to death to shoot two other approved ways from the state: the electric chair and the deadly injection.

Chryste Shen, from the Ministry of Reform in South Carolina, said that Segon announced his death by the doctor at 18:08 local time.

She said that three members of the Lark family came to watch his death.

Before the killing, Sigon said: “I want to be my closing statement of love and apology.”

He was transferred from the Bible to condemn the death penalty, and he said: “We no longer live according to the law of the Old Testament, but we now live under the New Testament.”

Witnesses said that Segon was attached to a chair, who had a basin underneath to pick up blood.

The curtain that hid three volunteers opened at 18:01. At 18:05, the trio was launched from 15 feet (4.6 meters) without any number.

Jeffrey Collins, a Associated Press reporter, told a news conference that Segon had Red Polsi’s goal, who set his heart.

After reading his final statement, the hood was placed on his head.

The correspondent added that when he was shot, his chest rose and fell several times.

A test doctor took about 90 seconds, before announcing him dead.

Anna Dobins, a WHF-TV correspondent, added that SigMon wears a black leap suit, but had nude arms “bending” when he was shot.

“I saw a blood splash when the bullets entered his body,” she said.

She said that all shots were launched simultaneously, and that witnesses were unable to see weapons.

Prison guards also offered witnesses to the earplies of earplugs to protect their ears from the sound of the shots, and added a reporter to the Post and Course.

Sigmon’s lawyer, Bo King, was hoping for the last minute residency to death by the governor of South Carolina and accused the state of blocking information about the deadly injection.

The king said that his client was suffering from mental illness, and that the friendships he formed in prison are evidence of his rehabilitation.

“Brad is a person, for another meal, he asked to get three buckets from the original recipe from fried chicken,” said to Wyff-TV earlier on Friday.

“With his last meal, he wanted to share something special with them,” he said.

Since 1977, only three people have died due to the shooting, and the three were in Utah. The last case was Rooney Lee Gardner in 2010.

Before the execution of SigMon, the death penalty kick held a gathering outside the prison in Colombia.

They carried signs that say “All life is precious” and “You are not killing.”

The lead used to disassemble the effect is designed and causes maximum damage. Medical experts discussed the amount of pain that might cause them.

The state allows witnesses to monitor death from behind bullet -resistant glass, but the executioner is hiding from view to protect their identities.

South Carolina passed a law in 2023, which requires the identities of the death team members secret.