Correction. Dying from multiple gun shot wounds. Even in his statement to police, he didn't euthanize her out of malice but because she was already on the edge of death anyway and wanted to "end her suffering".
Don't go away mad, just go away.
That's his story.
He's not a medical professional and had no way of knowing if she would survive or not.
But he did make sure that no medical professional would ever make that assessment while she was still alive.
Don't go away mad, just go away.
It's an open forum. I'll stay.
Feel free to put forward an argument that holds water at any time.
Leaving aside the issue of whether this guy was qualified to determine if she was "already on the edge of death" or could be saved if transported to a hospital, what right did he have to "end her suffering"? Shooting someone to "end her suffering" is clearly murder under Minnesota law (and in every other state):
609.19 MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE
Whoever does either of the following is guilty of murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years:
(1) causes the death of a human being with intent to effect the death of that person or another, but without premeditation.