Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.

A firing squad Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution ...

The execution of Mikal Mahdi, 42, will mark the second time in five weeks that the state has used a firing squad.

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff shot him in the heart at the same time.

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection. Mahdi’s last meal was ribeye steak cooked ...

South Carolina Executes Second Man by Firing Squad in 5 Weeks COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time ...