Andrew has decided that he is going to rob a bank to pay off his debts after losing his job. He buys a gun from a kid who lives in an economically depressed section of town, but he doesn't ask where the gun came from. On the day of the robbery, Andrew decides that he will shoot at the ceiling inside the bank to get everyone's attention. But as he shoots, the bullet ricochets and strikes a bank teller. The teller dies instantly, and in the process of Andrew's getaway, he drops his gun. The "hierarchy rule" would apply to Andrew's situation. To which reporting mechanism does this rule apply?

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The "hierarchy rule" applies to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, which means that when more than one crime is committed by the same offender or group of offenders and the crimes are committed in the same time and space, only the most serious crime is reported. In Andrew's case, the most serious crime would be the homicide of the bank teller.

Andrew Has Decided That He Is Going to Rob a Bank