South Carolina executes killer who left bloody message, marking third firing

A South Carolina man convicted of killing three people over five days more than 20 years ago was executed by a firing squad on Friday evening.

Stephen Bryant , 44, was executed for killing a man in his home and writing "catch me if u can" on the wall with the victim's blood. He was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. following a firing squad. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the execution. Bryant is the third man this year to die by South Carolina's newest execution method.

Bryant chose to die by firing squad instead of lethal injection or the electric chair. Bryant made no final statement. He briefly glanced at the 10 witnesses before the hood was placed on his head.

The shots rang out about 55 seconds later. Bryant made no noise. The re