Lawyer shares statement after death row inmate dies in state’s first ever execution by firing squad

Brad Sigmon was shot to death on Friday (March 7), marking the first death row inmate killed by firing squad in 15 years.

Brad Sigmon, 67, was convicted of murdering David and Gladys Larke, the parents of his ex-girlfriend, back in 2001. After this, he kidnapped his former partner, but she was able to escape while he shot at her.

The man served 23 years on death row for the murders, and following his guilty conviction, Sigmon was handed two life sentences in addition to a 30-year jail term for first-degree burglary.

Sigmon had requested to die by firing squad over the other two state methods of execution, the electric chair and lethal injection.

Sigmon was seated on the firing squad chair pictured at the back (South Carolina Department of Corrections)

His lawyer Bo King has now spoken out against the method of execution while also taking issue with how things were handled in South Carolina.

In a recently released statement, King has also suggested Sigmon may have wanted to choose lethal injection rather than firing squad.

King was hoping for a last-minute stay of execution by the South Carolina governor and accused the state of withholding information about the lethal injection process.

He said: “Brad only wanted assurances that these drugs were not expired, or diluted, or spoiled – what any of us would want to know about the medication we take, or the food we eat, much less the means of our death.

“It is unfathomable that, in 2025, South Carolina would execute one of its citizens in this bloody spectacle.”

King also said that Sigmon was suffering from mental health issues and had shown proof of rehabilitation as he wanted to share his last meal with other people incarcerated.