An atypical shotgun entrance wound caused by a sabot slug. All is not as it seems.
An 18-year-old woman was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head during a high-speed chase on a rural two-lane road. At autopsy, the entrance wound of the calvarium first appeared to be a tangential "keyhole" defect. Upon internal examination, the wound was determined to have been caused by a shotgun sabot slug that had yawed approximately 90 degrees during its flight. The unusual characteristics of the wound and the ammunition are discussed.
Davis
G J
GJ
Department of Pathology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1072.
D000293:Adolescent; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*