Citation

Davis GJ. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1993; 14(2): 162-164.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1072.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8328440

Abstract

An 18-year-old woman was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head during a high-speed chase on a rural two-lane road. At autopsy, the entrance wound of the calvarium first appeared to be a tangential "keyhole" defect. Upon internal examination, the wound was determined to have been caused by a shotgun sabot slug that had yawed approximately 90 degrees during its flight. The unusual characteristics of the wound and the ammunition are discussed.

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