While it might seem bizarre that someone could be charged with attempted murder in a case where the victim ended up dead, Mr. Yatim was shot a total of nine times, with the shots coming in two relatively distinct bursts, albeit within the terrible and compressed speed of such events. It’s possible prosecutors could argue that by firing the second burst, within split seconds, Const. Forcillo was trying to kill an already likely fatally injured young man.
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