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Ocelot II

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6. No, it's because a death at the hands of another person is always classified by the ME as a homicide.

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:37 PM

Feb 2

But it's not the medical examiner's job to decide whether that homicide was also a crime, i.e., some degree of murder or manslaughter.

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County Medical Examiner says Alex Pretti's death now classified as a homicide. CNN [View all] applegrove Feb 2 OP

War-rooms are going into CYA mode as we speak... Torchlight Feb 2 #1

This doesn't mean what some people think - it's obviously a homicide... Prairie Gates Feb 2 #2

Right. H2O Man Feb 2 #11

Yep. All it means is not suicide, accidental, or natural causes pat_k Feb 3 #39

File this under "No shit, Sherlock." nt Wednesdays Feb 2 #3

... orangecrush Feb 2 #9

As others have pointed out, this isn't big news. onenote Feb 2 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 Feb 2 #5

No, it's because a death at the hands of another person is always classified by the ME as a homicide. Ocelot II Feb 2 #6

Exactly - "homicide" isn't the same as "murder" in the eyes of the law FakeNoose Feb 2 #19

Give me a break. NoRethugFriends Feb 2 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 Feb 2 #28

Nor have these two NoRethugFriends Feb 2 #29

Renee Good's death was also ruled a homicide sarisataka Feb 2 #33

classified by who? The Feds? Or Minnesota? Or a medical examiner? Takket Feb 2 #7

my first thought as well. nt Javaman Feb 2 #12

In Minnesta, county MEs are the one who make the determination. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2 #20

DUH................ Lovie777 Feb 2 #8

By who or what ? I mean, we can see that it is. But i'm guessing this was something official by a govt agency or medical JI7 Feb 2 #10

Yes, a link /source would be appreciated. Amaryllis Feb 2 #17

This from ABC News: applegrove Feb 2 #30

THank you Amaryllis Feb 2 #34

This from ABC News: applegrove Feb 2 #31

Good, maybe the cops and judges will finally DO SOMEthING Warpy Feb 2 #13

Why do I feel 2 pardons in the works???? damifino10 Feb 2 #14

You're not the only one. calimary Feb 2 #15

Nope, the perps are Latinos. UTUSN Feb 2 #36

It is pretty f***ing obvious that it was murder and ditto for Renee Good. nt ShazamIam Feb 2 #16

Being classified as a homicide doesn't mean it was murder Kaleva Feb 2 #22

Yes that is obvious. sarisataka Feb 2 #18

Legally homicide is killing one person by another. person. Murder is one person Ping Tung Feb 2 #21

10 bullets in the back seems more like murder to me. patphil Feb 2 #24

I agree with you. I hope they go to trial and the jury agees with us. Ping Tung Feb 2 #37

I will get excited about this . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 2 #23

Yeh. Killing people who kill people sure shows killing is wrong. NoRethugFriends Feb 2 #27

classified by whom? MadameButterfly Feb 2 #25

Applegrove, after reading the comments to your post... 1WorldHope Feb 2 #32

Despite all the nitpicking over the legal meaning of the word "homicide"... llmart Feb 2 #35

Manner of death is: natural cause, accidental, homicide or suicide. LeftInTX Feb 2 #38

I hope the county prosecutor can bring the case locally mdbl Feb 3 #40