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.
Chowaniec
Czesław
C
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Kobek
Mariusz
M
Jabłoński
Christian
C
Kabiesz-Neniczka
Stanisława
S
Karczewska
Weronika
W
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