Citation

Medich MG, Cohle SD, Burritt M, Davison P. J. Forensic Sci. 1990; 35(2): 473-476.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2329338

Abstract

We present the case of a man who was killed by simultaneous discharge of both barrels of a double-barrel shotgun. Externally, there was a single wound simulating a wound made by a discharge of a single barrel. Test-firing of the shotgun against cloth, paper, and naugahyde targets revealed defects similar in shape to the wound in the victim. Simultaneous discharge of both barrels from a double-barrel shotgun may simulate the wound made by discharge of a single barrel.

Language: en