COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Stephen Corey Bryant, 44, was executed by firing squad Friday, becoming the third person put to death by that method in South Carolina this year, according to the Associated ...

A South Carolina killer who taunted police by writing a message in blood after murdering three men in a week has become the third inmate executed by firing squad in the state this year. Stephen Corey ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim's blood chose Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the third ...

FILE - Stephen Corey Bryant listens as his defense attorney presents his closing arguement during Bryant's sentencing hearing on Tuesday at the Sumter County Court House. Bryant plead guilty to three ...