Choose the correct answer? Two men were involved in an attempt to assassinate a federal judge. A court security officer shot the first man when he stormed in the judge's courtroom during a trial. As he lay bleeding, the first man told the court security officer that he was trying to kill the judge and that his accomplice, the second man, was waiting in the parking garage near the judge's car. Federal agents quickly surrounded the second man, who was arrested without further incident. The first man died from his wounds a month later, and the second man was subsequently tried for conspiracy to commit murder. At trial, the prosecutor intended to call the court security officer to testify that the first man told the court security officer that the second man was waiting in the parking garage for the judge near the judge's car. Which of the following is the strongest grounds for admitting into evidence the first man's statement to the court security officer? Two men were involved in an attempt to assassinate a federal judge. A court security officer shot the first man when he stormed in the judge's courtroom during a trial. As he lay bleeding