title: [Homicide-suicide by a single gunshot to the head].
abstract: Apart from typical suicides, there are sometimes unusual deaths from gunshots to the head. The presented case is a double death from the autopsy material of the Institute of Legal Medicine in Berlin. The report deals with a murder-suicide of a man, who killed himself and his 2-year-old daughter by a single gunshot. After having administered a tranquilizer to the child, he held her head to his own and fired a contact shot to his right temple so that the bullet passed through both heads.
authors.affiliation: Fachhochschule der Polizei des Landes Brandenburg, Oranienburg.
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Correns
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hartwig
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmeling
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D001497:Battered Child Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*