Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=CYd7rMYwfa2 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Man executed by firing squad after 2004 arrest in Florida [9BYssM0Jetm] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 2026 EDT 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. 79MDzbwFn00 RZIt9Kua1A0 28rAtvmIM7a 6FtKPjOC65I mS62w1OvOJm
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. 79MDzbwFn00 RZIt9Kua1A0 28rAtvmIM7a 6FtKPjOC65I mS62w1OvOJm