Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad tonight in South Carolina, after he was sentenced to death for murdering a ...

It was the second time someone was executed by a firing squad in SC in five weeks and only the fifth in the U.S. since 1976.

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

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

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.

The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...

Mahdi chose a firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution, as Brad Sigmon did for his March 7 execution, which was ...

A woman and her boyfriend are facing multiple charges, including murder and kidnapping, following a fatal shooting involving ...