The murder of John Lennon was first announced to a US national audience by Howard Cosell.
=== Common law ===According to Blackstone, English common law identified murder as a public wrong
 This is the crime of wrongfully and intentionally causing the death of another human being (also known as murder) after rationally considering the timing or method of doing so, in order to either increase the likelihood of success, or to evade detection or apprehension

