@article{ref1,
title="Suicide via multiple shotgun wounds: a case report and review of literature",
journal="American journal of forensic medicine and pathology",
year="2022",
author="Giffen, Mark A. Jr and Blankenship, Heath and Harrison, William",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Suicide via multiple gunshot wounds is an uncommonly encountered phenomenon, which is important to recognize in the forensic community. Suicide by multiple shotgun wounds is a fleeting rare entity with few previously reported cases in the literature. In a review of autopsies performed at our institution during a 20-year period from 2000 to 2020, only 4 prior cases of suicide by multiple gunshot wounds were identified with no previously recorded cases of suicide by multiple shotgun wounds. Here we describe the case of a 20-year-old man with a history of depression who was discovered deceased in his secured residence with shotgun wounds of the head, neck, and chest. Because of the presence of 3 shotgun wounds, coupled with concerning initial investigative findings, an autopsy was performed. We illustrate how careful examination of the wounds and thorough investigation can allow for reconstruction of a plausible self-inflicted wound scenario.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0195-7910",
doi="10.1097/PAF.0000000000000785",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000000785"
}