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 Press .

Bryant chose the firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair, CBS News reported .

He made no final statement, and witnesses said he briefly glanced at onlookers before a hood was placed over his head, WBTV reported .

When shots were fired by three prison employees from about 15 feet away, a red bull’s-eye target placed over Bryant’s chest flew forward. A doctor later checked him and pronounced him dead at 6:05 p.m.

Bryant’s last meal included spicy mixed seafood stir-fry, fried fish over rice, egg rolls, stuffed shrimp, two candy bars and German chocolate cake,

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