title: [Suicide with multiple graze shots].
abstract: A 77-year-old man was found in his flat with a shot to the right temple. In spite of hospital treatment he died from the head injury the next day. The weapon at the scene used for committing the suicide was a pistol, make Kaba Special (calibre 6.35 mm). At autopsy, the right temporal region showed a surgically treated, originally stellate gunshot entrance wound with a powder cavity. Close to this penetrating gunshot wound there were 3 parallel graze shot injuries of the scalp. The autopsy findings were consistent with the assumption that all the shots had been fired by the victim himself with suicidal intent. The injury pattern is presented and discussed in relation to the results of the technical investigation of the weapon and the findings at the scene.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: Markus Grosse
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Perdekamp
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faller-Marquardt
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleck
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005389:Firearms; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000293:injuries*; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis*