ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1980
Page Count: 3

Suicide with Two Guns: A Unique Case
Fatteh, A
Deputy medical examiner, assistant medical examiner, medical examiner, and assistant medical examiner, Office of the Medical Examiner of Broward County, Fla.

Mann, GT
Deputy medical examiner, assistant medical examiner, medical examiner, and assistant medical examiner, Office of the Medical Examiner of Broward County, Fla.

Garvin, K
Deputy medical examiner, assistant medical examiner, medical examiner, and assistant medical examiner, Office of the Medical Examiner of Broward County, Fla.

Gore, SB
Deputy medical examiner, assistant medical examiner, medical examiner, and assistant medical examiner, Office of the Medical Examiner of Broward County, Fla.

(Received 1 November 1979; accepted 15 February 1980)

Abstract

A unique case of suicide using two guns fired at the same time is reported. The victim, a 27-year-old white male with a history of depression, used a pistol to fire a shot in the precordial area and a revolver to fire a shot in the right temporal area. Pertinent autopsy findings are described.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, suicide, ballistics

Paper ID: JFS11306J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11306J
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