The meaning of an accessory projectile.
A previously expended pistol casing was removed from a gunshot wound after an apparent accidental shooting. Examination of this foreign body indicated it had ridden the bore ahead of the bullet. Further investigation disclosed this as a deliberate but ignorant means to load an already loaded weapon. The assailants then fired at a passerby and killed him. Disclosure of the foreign body by X-ray, recovery and examination at autopsy were used to corroborate the circumstances and allowed charges of criminally negligent homicide to be placed.
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University of Tennessee, Memphis.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*