He is not a victim

The front page of Stuff has a headline “Shooting victim laid to rest” and the story starts off “Police shooting victim laid to rest”.

He is not a victim. He was not shot as an accident. He was shot because he chose to aim a shotgun at armed police officers, after earlier threatening unarmed police officers with it.

It’s like calling the terrorists who hijacked the 9/11 flights, victims.

Calling him a victim is an insult to those who are real victims of crime, and killed.