Attempted murder is the reckless or intentional attempt to kill
a person involving taking a substantial step towards committing
the crime. In other words, the criminal either had the intention
of murdering somebody or showed extreme disregard for human
life, thereby almost causing a person to be killed. One example
of an attempted-murder crime is the indiscriminate use of a
firearm against a group of people. While there was no intention
to kill a certain person, and even if nobody was actually
killed, the extreme disregard for human life and the fact that
there was a probable intention to harm could justify a charge of
attempted murder with a firearm. In some states, there's a fine
line between crimes of reckless endangerment or reckless
aggravated endangerment and the crime of attempted murder, since
it's been ruled that a person can't have the intention of being
reckless. Clearly, though, if a person deliberately tries and
fails to commit murder, the charge would probably be attempted
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