Citation

Karger B, DuChesne A. Int. J. Legal Med. 1995; 107(6): 323-325.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7577697

Abstract

A man committed suicide with a modified signal pen gun and a .22 lr HV HP bullet. The contact shot to the left chest led to a conventional entrance wound. The projectile from the unconventional weapon caused a penetrating wound and was not deformed instead of the expected perforation and deformation. The smooth-bore barrel did not leave characteristic firing marks on the bullet.