Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

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    41 year ago

    Well, it’s an expression that only comes up in the third person, not the first person. You’d see “Tim shot dead Eric”. I think if they’d say anything like that in the UK, it would just be “I shot him”.

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      41 year ago

      I still only have ever heard “Tim shot Eric dead.” I’ve never seen it any other way except in this headlines.

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        11 year ago

        Yeah it’s the wrong way round but I think most people can also infer some context from the part where it mentions the murder charge.