A South Carolina man convicted of murder chose on Friday to be executed by firing squad .

Stephen Bryant, 44 , will become the third person in the state to die by firing squad this year. He’s scheduled to be executed Nov. 14, when three volunteer shooters will open fire on him from 15 feet away.

South Carolina added the option of death by marksmen in 2021, in part due to the state’s struggles to procure the drugs required for lethal injection. A 13-year pause in state-sponsored killings ended in 2024.

Bryant has been sitting on death row since 2008 after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Willard “TJ” Tietjen inside the victim’s home in 2004, then taunting authorities by painting “Catch me if u can” on the the wall using Tietjen’s blood. Prosecutors said he also used cigarettes

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