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Suicide with two shots to the head inflicted by a captive-bolt gun
1Institute of legal Medicine, University of Lyon, University Claude-Bernard Lyon, Rockefeller Avenue 12, 69008 Lyon, France. laurent.fanton@chu-lyon.fr
Abstract:
An exceptional case of suicide with two shots to the head inflicted by a captive-bolt gun is reported here. The pathophysiology observed, and related literature, indicate that the capacity of the victim to fire a second shot depended on the depth of skull penetration by the first shot and the extent of damage to nerve structures. In this case, an ante mortem multi-detector computed tomography was possible. From discussion with the radiologist and a 3D reconstruction, the two-shot suicide scenario could be confirmed.
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