The name of the deceased was Ronald Opps, and he learned from his suicide note that he originally wanted to commit suicide by jumping from the top of a ten-story building. However, when he passed the ninth floor after jumping off the building, a bullet shot from the window, killing him on the spot.
After investigation by the police, it was found that neither the deceased nor the person who opened the gun knew about this situation—the eighth floor was under construction at the time, and the workers had just installed a safety net there. That is to say, if Ronald Opps had not been He was shot dead, but his suicide plan was actually not what he wanted.
However, according to the law, generally speaking, if a person commits a planned suicide and eventually dies, even if the suicide process does not change as the suicide person wishes, then the person should be considered suicide by law.
However, when the police investigated the bullet fired on the ninth floor, the nature of the case changed again.
At that time, an old couple on the ninth floor had a quarrel and they were arguing. The old man took out a gun to scare the old lady; later he pulled the trigger, but the bullet did not hit the old lady, but flew out through the window. , Hit Ronald Opps.
According to the law, if a person wants to kill A but kills B by mistake, he should still be convicted of homicide against B. Therefore, this case should be a homicide.
When the old gentleman faced the charge of homicide, both the old gentleman and the old lady said that they both thought that there was no bullet in the gun. The old man explained that using an unloaded gun to intimidate the old lady was a way he had been arguing with his wife for many years. He had no intention of killing his wife. If what the old couple said is true, then this is a case of manslaughter.
The crux of the matter is who put the bullet in under what circumstances. During the investigation, the police found a witness who proved that six weeks before the incident, he saw the son of the old couple put bullets into the gun. The police learned from a more in-depth investigation that because the old lady decided to stop giving financial support to her adult son, the son was holding a grudge and intent to kill. He knew that his father used a gun to intimidate the old lady, so he loaded the gun with bullets, hoping to use his father's hand to kill his mother.
Since this son knew the consequences of loading a gun with bullets, even if he did not pull the trigger himself, he should be charged with homicide.
Therefore, this case became the son of the old couple who committed homicide against Ronald Opps.
However, after a turn of events, the police found after further investigation that the son of the old couple was actually the deceased Ronald Opps himself.
He was frustrated because he hadn't succeeded because of borrowing the knife to kill people. So, on March 23, 1994, he decided to commit suicide by jumping from the top of the ten-story building, but was killed by a bullet shot from the window on the ninth floor.
In other words, Ronald Opps himself killed himself, so the case was still considered a suicide in the end.
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