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Facts: In a jewelry store robbery, the offender, armed with a pistol, bursts in, threatens the clerk, and, in the same act, fires at the clerk, killing him, while also forcibly taking jewelry from the display cases and escaping. (a) Does the offender's conduct constitute a complex crime proper under Article 48 of the Revised Penal Code? (b) What penalty should be imposed on the offender? (c) Are the robbery elements punishable separately or absorbed into the murder penalty? Explain.