ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

The Incredible Bouncing Bullet: Projectile Exit Through the Entrance Wound
Grey, TC
Chief Medical Examiner, State of Utah, Office of the Medical Examiner, UT

(Received 19 January 1993; accepted 2 March 1993)

Abstract

A case of a suicidal gunshot wound of the head where the projectile ricocheted within the calvarium and exited through the entrance wound is reported. Findings at the scene and from examination of the victim and the suspect weapon are presented and discussed.

Keywords:
forensic science gunshot wound, suicide, internal ricochet

Paper ID: JFS13527J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13527J
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