Ellen wakes up in the middle of the night to find her teenage daughter with a boy in her room. Without thinking, Ellen grabs a handgun from the hall closet, shoots and kills the boy. This is an example of what kind of homicide?

a. Criminal homicide
b. Second degree murder
c. Felony murder
d. Manslaughter


b. Second degree murder

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