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

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Brad Sigmon , 67 , was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday .

He was convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend's parents to death with a baseball bat.

Three volunteers fired rifles at his chest with specially designed bullets.

Sigmon was pronounced dead by a doctor at 18:08 local time (23:00 GMT).

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