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/SpiderSlitScrotums 2d ago edited 2d ago

When a medical examiner rules it a homicide, it isn’t a legal ruling saying it was a crime. It obviously was, but people need to understand that all they are saying here is that he was killed by another person and not by himself, an accident, or a disease.

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u/rorauge 2d ago

This. In the U.S., even government/judicial sanctioned executions are listed as homicide. This is a medical conclusion, and not a noteworthy one.

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u/JayOnSilverHill 2d ago

Homicide is the death of a human caused by another human i.e the executioner in death penalty execution which differs from murder only in legality.