A reporter who witnessed the first US firing squad execution in 15 years called the experience "etched" in his memory, describing Brad Sigmon's death in South Carolina.

A reporter who witnessed the first firing squad execution in the US for 15 years described how disturbing it was.

Sigmon was strapped into a chair, a red bullseye placed over his chest, and executed for his crime by firing squadCredit: Supplied But it didn’t play out like that. He ended up bludgeoning her ...

A white piece of paper painted with a red bulls-eye was pinned directly over the doomed man's heart. Wearing a black jumpsuit and black Crocs, double murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, shuffled into the ...

Erythema migrans is the concentric circle pattern consisting of a red bulls-eye dead center and a ring of "central clearing" bordered by an outer red ring. People with darker skin tones may not ...

The abrupt crack of the rifles startled me," Collins wrote. "And the white target with the red bullseye that had been on his chest, standing out against his black prison jumpsuit, disappeared ...

The abrupt crack of the rifles startled me. And the white target with the red bullseye that had been on his chest, standing out against his black prison jumpsuit, disappeared instantly as Sigmon's ...

Mahdi was then hooded and strapped to a metal chair that sat on top of a catch basin inside the prison’s death chamber with a white target and red bullseye placed over his chest. Three members ...

On Friday, Sigmon wore a black jumpsuit with a hood over his head and a white target with a red bullseye over his chest. The armed prison employees stood 15 feet from where he sat in the state’s ...

On Friday, Sigmon wore a black jumpsuit with a hood over his head and a white target with a red bullseye over his chest. The armed prison employees stood 15 feet (4.6 meters) from where he sat in ...