If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — A South Carolina man became the first person ... Sigmon was sentenced to death row in 2002 for the brutal beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David and ...

South Carolina has 28 other inmates on death row, according to state records. CNN’s John Fritze, Shawn Nottingham and Jessica Jordan contributed to this report.

Sigmon, 67, was killed at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, at 6:08 p.m. He was the second death row inmate executed ... David Leonard Wood is expected to ...