TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Self-inflicted firearm discharge from heating using a gas burner
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Osawa, Motoki
A1  - Matsushima, Yutaka
A1  - Kumar, Alok
A1  - Tsuboi, Akio
A1  - Kakimoto, Yu
A1  - Satoh, Fumiko
SP  - 845
EP  - 847
VL  - 61
IS  - 3
N2  - A male in his 70s was found lying dead in the living room of his house. A gunshot entrance wound was observed in the left orbit, with a lead slug and wadding left in the skull, which exhibited fatal cranio-cerebral trauma. A cartridge had been discharged from a handmade launcher, or zip gun, that had been fixed to a spare gun barrel on a pipe chair, by heating the launcher from the side using a gas burner. The deceased had owned guns for hunting in the past and had returned the license, but he had retained a spare barrel and live cartridges at home. In this unique case of suicide, a zip gun was discharged by heating with a gas burner.<br><br>© 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13051
ID  - ref1
ER  -