Self‐inflicted Firearm Discharge from Heating Using a Gas Burner |
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| Authors: | Motoki Osawa MD PhD Yutaka Matsushima DMS Alok Kumar MD Akio Tsuboi BS Yu Kakimoto MD PhD Fumiko Satoh MD PhD |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan;2. Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Uttar Pradesh Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, UP RIMS & R 3. Saifai, U.P., India |
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| Abstract: | A male in his 70s was found lying dead in the living room of his house. A gunshot entrance wound was observed in the left orbit, with a lead slug and wadding left in the skull, which exhibited fatal cranio‐cerebral trauma. A cartridge had been discharged from a handmade launcher, or zip gun, that had been fixed to a spare gun barrel on a pipe chair, by heating the launcher from the side using a gas burner. The deceased had owned guns for hunting in the past and had returned the license, but he had retained a spare barrel and live cartridges at home. In this unique case of suicide, a zip gun was discharged by heating with a gas burner. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science forensic pathology gunshot injury suicide gas burner homemade firearms |
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