title: A case of shotgun injury which occurred while an unconventional home security alarm system was being checked.
abstract: Installation of devices involving shotguns is rarely encountered in forensic medicine practice. In this case report, authors aimed to present an unusual and rare case of shotgun injury due to a home security alarm system and its legal assessment. An electrical technician was invited to a summer house to check a home security alarm system installed by another firm which he worked for previously. It was an unconventional home security alarm system attached to a shotgun. The technician was injured with 18 buckshot pellets (no: 4) while checking the system. The host was convicted of a possible intent to cause a life-threatening injury to the technician. We think that this verdict will set a precedent for similar cases.
authors.affiliation: Celal Bayar University, Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, Turkey. masirdizer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asirdizer
authors.forename: Mehmet Sunay
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yavuz
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology