The owner of a 24-hour convenience store hired his friend as a sales clerk. However, when the owner noticed that large amounts of merchandise were disappearing during his friend's shift at the store, he fired his friend without offering him any chance to explain. They now play on a softball team together. During the final game of the season, while trying to make a double play, the former clerk accidentally hit the store owner with the softball. The store owner was furious, convinced that his former clerk had acted intentionally, in retaliation for being fired. After the game, the store owner waited in the parking lot. When he saw his former clerk walking toward his car, the store owner charged at him with a baseball bat, saying, "You just played your last game!" He pummeled his former clerk and left him lying there unconscious. Later, another player on the team called the store owner and told him, "Your friend is dead!" The store owner responded, "Good!" Of what crime is the store owner guilty?

Question 1 options:

A)

First-degree murder.

B)

Second-degree murder.

C)

Felony murder.

D)

Involuntary manslaughter.