Man executed by firing squad after 2004 arrest in Florida [FyRLyOn6Mts]
A firing squad has executed a man who killed an off-duty police officer back in 2004. Mikal Mahdi, 42, of South Carolina, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair. Mahdi admitted he killed Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers in 2004, shooting him at least eight times before burning his body. #execution #southcarolina #florida #cop NBC 6 on Instagram: @NBC6 | www.instagram.com/nbc6 NBC 6 on Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbc6southflorida NBC 6 on TikTok: @NBCsouthflorida | www.tiktok.com/@nbcsouthflorida Get breaking news, First Alert weather updates, plus live cameras from NBC 6 South Florida. NBC 6/WTVJ was Florida’s first television station and has been covering news in South Florida for over 70 years.