News organizations are afraid of getting sued if they report that someone committed a crime. That’s why they always say someone is a “suspect” or “person of interest” or that a crime “allegedly” happened.
I hate to hear that someone is dead, and someone “allegedly” shot someone. They aren’t “allegedly” dead, they are actually dead, but to avoid lawsuits, news people qualify everything they say about a crime.
I think it’s funny when a criminal is killed in the commission of a crime, and they still call him a “suspect.” Guess they’re not sure he’s dead at the scene, then ...