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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
This needs to start happening more often. This was a clear case where the kid should have been tased. Even if you don't agree with that part and don't mind the fact he was shot 3 times, there was no reason whatsoever he needed to plug another 6 shots into him when he lied motionless on the ground with 3 bullets already in him. Although an attempted murder charge certainly seems strange for someone that was successfully murdered.
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I would guess that it would have been argued that the death was the result of the first 3 shots, so murder would have been off the table. The fact that he was more than likely still alive when he fired the second volley, the act of that second volley was the intent to kill him, even though the first volley was already the death sentence.
Attempted murder was just an easier charge to have stick and leave less room for the defence.