Homicide with a captive bolt pistol.
A homicide with a captive bolt pistol (slaughterer's gun) is reported. The construction and the function of this "humane killer" as well as the typical patterns of injury are described.
Betz
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P
Department of Legal Medicine, University of Munich, Germany.
Pankratz
H
H
Penning
R
R
Eisenmenger
W
W
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*