Suicidal contact gunshot wounds to the head with .38 Special Glaser Safety Slug ammunition.
Glaser Safety Slug TM ammunition is a uniquely designed, essentially prefragmented ammunition. Tests performed by the U.S. Justice Department demonstrated that the ammunition possesses high kinetic energy, high relative incapacitation index (RII) and poses a very low risk to bystanders because of its total loss of kinetic energy in the target. Despite having been manufactured since 1974, no deaths from this ammunition have been previously reported. The authors herein describe the first three reported human deaths.
Office of the Medical Examiner, Pima County, Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
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D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology