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Case Reports
. 1995;107(6):323-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF01246882.

Suicide with a signal pen gun

B Karger  1 , A DuChesne
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Case Reports

Suicide with a signal pen gun

B Karger et al. Int J Legal Med. 1995.

Abstract

A man committed suicide with a modified signal pen gun and a .22 lr HV HP bullet. The contact shot to the left chest led to a conventional entrance wound. The projectile from the unconventional weapon caused a penetrating wound and was not deformed instead of the expected perforation and deformation. The smooth-bore barrel did not leave characteristic firing marks on the bullet.

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