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Originally Posted by Rockstar
Murder is by its very nature disturbing no matter who did it or how they went about it. Based on the information we have so far it is fair to say authorities are not circling the wagons around one of their own. Instead they are I think taking a step in the right direction by coming right out and charged the shooter with murder.
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Quite right. The police, having charged the officer with murder have done the right thing. Not only is is the right action to take but it also cuts the ground out from any misfits hoping to get mileage out of this for their own dubious gains.
first degree murder
n. although it varies from state to state, it is generally a killing which is deliberate and premeditated (planned, after lying in wait, by poison or as part of a scheme), in conjunction with felonies such as rape, burglary, arson, involving multiple deaths, the killing of certain types of people (such as a child, a police officer, a prison guard, a fellow prisoner), or with certain weapons, particularly a gun. The specific criteria for first degree murder are established by statute in each state and by the United States Code in federal prosecutions. It is distinguished from second degree murder in which premeditation is usually absent, and from manslaughter which lacks premeditation and suggests that at most there was intent to harm rather than to kill."
So would I be correct in my thinking that he will face a first degree charge? His intent was surely to kill - you don't aim for a persons head and try claim you had no intention to kill them.