
Mikal Mahdi, South Carolina inmate convicted in two separate 2004 murders, executed by firing squad
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Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed in South Carolina on April 11, 2025, for the murder of off-duty Orangeburg Public Safety Officer James Myers in 2004. Mahdi also killed a store clerk in North Carolina.
Mahdi had the choice of dying by lethal injection, the electric chair or firing squad – and he chose the latter. The Associated Press reported that he did not give a final statement nor look at the nine people witnessing his execution before a hood was put over his head and shots were fired by three prison employees who volunteered for the act. He was declared dead less than four minutes later.
Prison officials announced that he requested ribeye steak cooked medium, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens, cheesecake and sweet tea for his last meal.