The Daily Press in Hampton Roads, VA has this to say about a fatal self defense shooting that occurred in Hampton. (italics mine)

The victim of a fatal weekend shooting was attempting to rob another man when he was shot to death, police said.

Rodney Antonio Mings, 20, of Newport News was killed Saturday morning by a 19-year-old Hampton man. Police haven't released the shooter's name because he's considered a victim and hasn't been charged with a crime.

Perhaps this is just a pet peeve of mine, but when three perpetrators attack and rob a man at gunpoint, I take issue to any of them being referred to as a 'victim'.

It sounds like the police have this one figured out right.

"The three went there with intent to rob the victim," [Police spokesman Jimmie] Wideman said. "He (the shooter) was armed and was able to get off a couple of rounds that struck Mings."

It is refreshing to hear the police actually refer to the victim of the crime as a victim, and not the other way around. I only wish Virginia had a statute that would provide for trying the two accomplices for Mings murder.