Mikal Mahdi was the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad on April 11, after admitting to killing an off-duty police officer in 2004.

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial method

Mikal Mahdi reportedly “cried out” and flexed his arms once he was shot, according to a witness of the execution