title: Suicide with a signal pen gun.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DuChesne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*