Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend’s parents. This marked the state’s first firing squad execution in modern history and the first in the U.S. since 2010. Sigmon was strapped to a chair with a hood over his head while three volunteers fired at his heart. His attorney called the execution "horrifying and violent," describing it as a gruesome spectacle.
