If one believes the claim that the dog was shot in the back of the head because it had a student “pinned” behind a tree, then a student was, of necessity, in the path of the bullet.
Not necessarily true. Show me video of this incident.
FYI, when my siblings and I were children, my grandfather, who at that time was in his late 70’s, fired upon a rattlesnake that was within a foot of my younger brother (who was sitting upon a log). The rattlesnake was in a strike posture. My grandfather, from a distance of approximately 25 feet, hit the snake in the head with a 22 calibre handgun. That was when he was in his late 70’s, and shooting at a very small target. Perhaps he should not have fired, given that there was such a risk of hitting my brother. All sarcasm intended.