You and your friends are running a marijuana grow op. The police break down the door. One of them sees your friend reaching for something (their phone) and shoots them dead. That person died in the commission of a felony (marijuana growing) that you were part of. You can now face life imprisonment for felony murder. In some states, this can actually happen.
Yes, you will be the one charged. Someone died while you were committing a felony (growing marijuana.) The police can literally shoot your friend and then charge you with felony murder for their death.
You and your friends are running a marijuana grow op. The police break down the door. One of them sees your friend reaching for something (their phone) and shoots them dead. That person died in the commission of a felony (marijuana growing) that you were part of. You can now face life imprisonment for felony murder. In some states, this can actually happen.
So, me? Not the officer (assuming he wasn’t reaching for a gun)?
Yes, you will be the one charged. Someone died while you were committing a felony (growing marijuana.) The police can literally shoot your friend and then charge you with felony murder for their death.