“If the cop shot him after the knife wounds were inflicted; does it really matter why?”
Yes it does... We shoot wounded animals (horses) in this country, not people. If the deceased died one heartbeat before he would have otherwise, it’s homicide.
We know how badly neck wounds can bleed.
Cop doesn’t know this guy (or if he is sick with communicable diseases).
Be safe and shoot the sob from a distance, stops the bleeding and potential risk for the cop.
a viable potential defense if this goes to court.
the classic argument: man commits suicide by jumping from a tall building
as he is falling he passes a room in which a man intentionally
fired a shotgun at someone else but misses and kills the suicide instantly.
is this murder?