“Clarke said Tims had gotten his head through the window when Snigg fired the first shot and missed. That shot hit the wall under the window, Clarke said. By the time Snigg fired the second shot, Tims had turned. The bullet went through Tims’ upper body, he said.”
Let me guess, a DA/SA semiauto? (Quite often the first round out of one is a flyer due to the changing trigger travel and effort.)
The first shot hit ... the second went wide