Just to add to the answers you already got, here are a few real examples linked by this ngram.
Being the victim
"Now the hour had come, and an unstoppable chain of events had begun that would end in His murder." (The murder of Jesus)
"It was only after his murder that I gradually learned about the circumstances surrounding his death." (Human Rights in Northern Ireland)
"One gal gets life for his murder" (Magazine Weekly World News)
Being the murderer
- "Eight months later, a badly divided SJC set aside his murder conviction and life sentence and reduced the sentence to manslaughter." (Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts)