What does that have to do with using the word malicious as to opposed to calling it murder?
Killed a person with malicious intent is murder, do so b accident is manslaughter.
Why is it wrong to question the law enforcement’s use of the word “malicious” as to opposed to calling it a homicide or potential murder? Words matter and the use of the word was meant to convey a meaning, what exactly was the meaning? Do you think somehow someone committed a malicious act on this young man and it was not either murder or manslaughter?
What reason would law enforcement have for not using the legal criminal language?
I for one would be very upset if a loved one was murdered and police knew it but avoided calling it a murder.