Single wound produced by simultaneous discharge of both shells from a double-barrel shotgun |
| |
| Authors: | M G Medich S D Cohle M Burritt P Davison |
| |
| Affiliation: | Department of Emergency Medicine, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI. |
| |
| Abstract: | We present the case of a man who was killed by simultaneous discharge of both barrels of a double-barrel shotgun. Externally, there was a single wound simulating a wound made by a discharge of a single barrel. Test-firing of the shotgun against cloth, paper, and naugahyde targets revealed defects similar in shape to the wound in the victim. Simultaneous discharge of both barrels from a double-barrel shotgun may simulate the wound made by discharge of a single barrel. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
