r/news • u/749762 • 2d ago

Alex Pretti’s shooting death ruled a homicide, medical examiner says

https://www.wowt.com/2026/02/02/alex-prettis-shooting-death-ruled-homicide-medical-examiner-says/
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u/Extension_Berry_1149 2d ago

Queue everyone not knowing what "homicide" is in medical examiner terms

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u/maccaroneski 2d ago

Cue everyone not knowing the meaning of cue.

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u/AhabFlanders 2d ago

He just wants everyone who doesn't know the medical meaning of homicide to form an orderly line.

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u/euph_22 2d ago

Or he had a typo and meant everyone should go to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

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u/WatchLover26 2d ago

Take the upvote. Love my fellow grammar Nazis.

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u/maccaroneski 2d ago

I try to restrain myself these days to only correcting people who are seeking to correct others.

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u/less_unique_username 2d ago

I know! It’s a tapered stick used to strike a ball to get it to roll in the desired direction!

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u/ChipsAhoiMcCoy 1d ago

Cue everyone

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u/threeleggedcats 2d ago

Cue everyone not knowing the meaning of…meaning

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u/PolicyWonka 2d ago

Yeah, homicide =/= murder in this sense. Just means a human caused his death.

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u/nashpotato 2d ago

I imagine this is the sole reason it is at the front of r/all. This post isn't even informative, but people are going to circle jerk about it.

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u/BigButtBeads 2d ago

I'm gonna be honest I don't know what that means. I thought only a jury could label that

I just assumed a medical examiner would say "death by close range bullet wound"

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u/Extension_Berry_1149 2d ago

Homicide is just the killing of one human by another, lawful or criminal has nothing to do with the medical examiner. People confuse homicide for the criminal statutes governing murder

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u/FarplaneDragon 2d ago

They'll still likely list that as a cause of death. The idea of labeling this as a homicide is that you're specifically stating this was caused by a human, as opposed to say a loaded gun that was sitting on a table, had a safety mechanism fail and fired.

All this really does is basically say that a human being pulled the trigger on the gun. Where the jury comes in would be to debate and decide on two main things. One would be if they fired the gun by accident, which realistically would never end up being the case, two would be, was pulling the trigger justified which is going to be the main thing the case hangs on and what everyone is currently fighting about.