Mikal Mahdi is scheduled for execution Friday, April 11, by a South Carolina Department of Corrections firing squad. Mahdi is set to be executed at 6 p.m. at the Broad River Road Correctional ...

The firing squad put a hood over 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi's head and shot him in the heart simultaneously with three bullets, and he was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. ET.

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi this month. A bare description of his crimes might make that seem justified: In 2004, Mikal murdered Christopher Boggs, a store clerk in North Carolina.

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi this month. A bare description of his crimes might make that seem justified: In 2004, Mikal murdered Christopher Boggs, a store clerk in North Carolina.

Mahdi had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair. "Faced with barbaric and inhumane choices, Mikal Mahdi has chosen the lesser of three evils," Weiss said.

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of Orangeburg County Public Safety Capt. James Myers on Myers' farm in Calhoun County.© South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

"Mikal Mahdi's actions over the last several years have made him the epitome of evil." As Mahdi's execution nears, USA TODAY is looking at who he is, what he did and more about the rare execution ...

A firing squad in South Carolina on Friday executed a death row inmate who ambushed an off-duty police officer, shot him nine times and set him on fire in 2004. The firing squad put a hood over ...

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi this month. A bare description of his crimes might make that seem justified: In 2004, Mikal murdered Christopher Boggs, a store clerk in North Carolina.

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi this month. A bare description of his crimes might make that seem justified: In 2004, Mikal murdered Christopher Boggs, a store clerk in North Carolina.