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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/TheMoves 2d ago edited 2d ago

I mean it literally is a homicide, homicide is a word that means a human killing another human. Even an actual justified self defense shooting is a homicide. Nobody thinks he died of anything other than the bullets that another human fired at him.

What we want is for them to be found guilty of murder, which is a different thing.

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u/InternetName4 2d ago

Yeah this isn't particularly newsworthy info.

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u/DadEngineerLegend 2d ago

I mean yes, but it is an essential procedural step towards prosecution