Citation

Park JW, Choi CH, Lee JH, Cho WY, Kim YS, Lee HY. Korean J. Leg. Med. (2007) 2009; 122-125.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Korean Society for Legal Medicine)

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Abstract

Because of the strict gun control system in Korea, deaths from gunfire injury cannot be frequently seen in the legal autopsies. Injuries or deaths among the registered hunters using shotguns, though not common, have been reported via mass media. We experienced a 52-year-old male's shotgun death in which the manner of death was mostly assumed to be a suicide. The shotgun injury presented the billiard ball ricochet effect, in which a large wound was formed on the inner side of the left thoracic cavity by spraying out of pellets while a small entry wound by bunched pellets was on the left anterior chest wall.

Language: ko

Keywords

suicide; billiard ball ricochet effect; shotgun injury