Sure, that is better: “putting him out of his misery”
“911 - your emergency?”
“Um, yes ma’am. This guy just fell like 30 feet off the border wall - I think he’s dead, he was just up there and, oh man, he started ...”
“Okay sir - just calm down - are you sure he’s dead.”
“Oh - sorry, I just, okay - let me check.”
BANG
“Okay - yeah, he’s dead. Now what?”