Case-study of fatal gunshot wounds from non-lethal projectiles.
The authors present a case of the death of a 60-year-old man shot using rubber projectiles that were fired by a police officer from a Mossberg smooth-bore shotgun in an enclosed space from a distance of a few metres. The post-mortem examination revealed that death had been due to gunshot wounds in the chest which had caused heart and lung damage with subsequent massive internal haemorrhaging.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Czesław
C
Chowaniec
Mariusz
M
Kobek
Christian
C
Jabłoński
Stanisława
S
Kabiesz-Neniczka
Weronika
W
Karczewska
D017809:Fatal Outcome; D044709:Forensic Ballistics; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012408:Rubber; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
D012408:Rubber