Attempted Murder

Bert was sitting in a car with Pratt when Jack approached the car, pointed a gun at Bert and fired, mistakenly killing Pratt. Jack attempted to fire again at Bert, but his gun jammed and would not fire. Jack jumped into his car, put the gun into the glove compartment, and sped off. Attempted murder is the incomplete, and unsuccessful act of killing someone. It is serious criminal offense that, in all but a few cases of mitigating circumstances, it can result in substantial prison time. Some issues of the attempted murder charge may lead to a dismissal or result in a lesser offense or penalty.
Attempted to murder consist in two elements, the offender took some action towards killing another person, and the offenders act was intended to kill
You can abandon the attempt to murder before taking any direct step, deciding not to kill that individual or throw away the item(s) that you bought to commit the crime. Jack did the whole process of killing an individual, he also run away, and put the gun in his glovebox. Base on the description of Jacks actions, he killed Pratt, but he wanted to kill Bert as well, luckily Jacks gun got jammed and he was not able to kill Bert, so the attempted is there and also for two individuals. Most jurisdiction have degrees to attempt to murder charges, a first degree attempted murder, which require premeditation or willful act, the second degree murder is any other act that is not planned.
The first degree murder which carries out greater penalties, an often means a life sentence with the probability of parole. Offenders often spend from 10 years in prison, but mandatory minimum sentences for attempt to murder a public official may be 10 to 15 years. Second-degree attempted murder penalties usually range from five years to 15 years in many states, depending on whether serious injury was inflicted. Sentences can be for longer periods if a fire arm was used or if the crime was committed by a gang