homicide

N. all occasions where one human being, by act or omission, takes away the life of another. Murder and manslaughter are different kinds of homicides. Executing a death-row inmate is another form of homicide, but one which is excusable in the eyes of the law. Another excusable homicide is where a law enforcement officer shoots and kills a suspect who draws a weapon or shoots at that officer.

A Colorado man was indicted Thursday on two counts of vehicular homicide while driving intoxicated in connection with a crash that killed two grandmothers.