If the assailant were a cop (which of course he was not) and made that clear to the two boys, the “started to drop his hand” detail might have probative value.
Emphasis on the word “might”!
What race was the boy who died?
What race is the shooter?
If they are not the same...and in a certain “direction” of difference...would there be any plausible or reasonable talk of this shooting being justified?
If not, meaning they are the same, does that reduce the value of the life of the boy who died, sufficiently to eliminate the possibility of at least some kind of murder charge?
This Guy is thinking, no. The Grand Jury should be asked to consider at least a bottom-rung murder charge.
Perhaps felony murder.
The boy’s name was Hazrat Ali Rohani. It is a muslim first & middle name. (He was the cousin of Holy Prophet Muhammad). Rohani is Iranian.
Iranian: status name for a (Muslim) cleric from a Persian variant of the Arabic adjective rūḥānī ‘spiritual’ (literally ‘with a soul’). Muslim (Indonesia): from the female personal name Rohani of Arabic origin (see 1 above). Rohani is also the name of an Islamic movement in Indonesia.