Citation

Poulos CK, Thorne TA. Acad. Forensic Pathol. 2013; 3(2): 250-253.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, National Association of Medical Examiners)

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Abstract

Two gun suicides are rare and many authors regard them a special form of "planned complex suicide." As with multi-gunshot suicides, two gun suicides may initially lead to an increased suspicion of a homicide. In this article, the authors describe the case of an attempted two gun suicide where a 38-year-old male used two.45 caliber weapons to shoot himself, but only one discharged. Both firearms left muzzle imprints, despite only one having been fired. This case not only represents a rare form of suicide, but the muzzle imprint from the non-fired weapon provides an illustration of the mechanism of muzzle imprint formation.

Language: en