The first, lethal volley of shots was tied to the murder charge, the second volley to the attempted murder charge. Unusually if not uniquely, the now 33-year-old officer was charged with both second-degree murder and attempted murder in Yatim’s death. Since attempted murder is by definition an unsuccessful murder, and Yatim is undeniably dead, the two-headed prosecution troubled and confounded lawyers and homicide detectives from the get-go. Five or six seconds later, he fired a second volley of six. The curve ball came about six weeks later when senior prosecutor Milan Rupic drew up a new indictment that included a second charge — the attempted murder.

Source: National Post May 26, 2016 18:52 UTC