I was playing Skyrim this morning when I had a pretty funny encounter. I entered Whiterun at roughly 3am game time, set down my controller, and left the room for a few seconds. When I returned, I realized that the guards and some townspeople were fighting a Master Vampire. The vampire was almost dead already, I so sauntered up to land the killing blow. Well, it was dark and there was a lot of people....and instead of killing the vampire, I killed Nazeem. So, here the funny part. This is what I saw after I killed Nazeem.
40 Bounty added to Whiterun.
Turns out the penalty for killing a townsperson can be subjective when the victim is Nazeem.