“but this was not murder.”
Officer discretion aside, someone was killed during the commission of a crime. That is murder.
This seems more on point.
507.020 Murder. (1) A person is guilty of murder when:
(b) Including, but not limited to, the operation of a motor vehicle under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, he wantonly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person and thereby causes the death of another person.
True!
Not all homicides are murder.