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Powder tattooing is seen in this intermediate range gunshot wound. The actual entrance site is somewhat irregular, because…
On May 2, 2009, at approximately 1:30 in the morning, attorneys Barbara Scharton and Daniel Lyons, were murdered…
This individual committed suicide using a shotgun, no further info. The head is the most common location for…
Contact gunshot wound from a shotgun slug. The entrance wound can be seen under the chin and the…
This individual committed suicide with a gunshot under the chin using a rifle also resulting in a complete…
An armed paramilitary group of about 30 men invaded the La Ceiba estate in sector Marimonda I, in…
Contact gunshot wound with stellate blow back lacerations and singeing. In contact gunshot wounds with bony tissue underlying…
Distant-range wounds of the right side of the face (from a .357 Magnum revolver). Irregular, cruciform, or stellate…
This individual committed suicide by gunshot wound of the forehead. A large stellate contact entrance wound of the…
This individual has an extensive destruction of the head, no further info about this case. Head trauma from…
The body of a man was seen floating in a lake near the shore. Once the body was…
Contact (entrance) gunshot wounds to the head often show large stellate defects, due to the explosive blast of…
This woman was found dead in bed, fully dressed. The upper front of her shirt was heavily blood-stained…
USA. A 35-year-old male was found dead in the basement room where he slept, which also served as…
Distant range stellate entrance wound on the lip. Distant gunshot wounds of the head may have a stellate…
Distant range stellate entrance wound on the forehead. Distant gunshot wounds of the head may have a stellate…
Russia. This individual committed suicide by intraoral shotgun wound. In the head, neck, and limbs, shotgun exit wounds…
Gunshot wound on the neck, no further info. A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by…
This individual has a contact-range gunshot wound on the head. The head has been shaved around the wound.…
This individual committed suicide with a gun. He has massive head trauma and cranial rupture. The head is…
The Rettendon murders (also known as the Range Rover murders or Essex boys murders) occurred on 6 December…
Massive head trauma severely limiting visual identification. No further info. At close range, the shotgun is the most…
Exit gunshot wounds are usually irregular in shape and relatively large – and may be confused with contact…
The figure shows three radiating petals from the entrance wound under the jaw of a victim of suicide…
Spain. Open secondary skull fracture at exit of a shotgun blast. No further info. Head injuries from shotguns…
Tangential gunshot wound of the left cheek from a 9 mm bullet. If a bullet is deformed or…
Intermediate-range gunshot wound from a .357 Magnum—range of approximately 1 ft. Irregular, cruciform, or stellate entrance wounds can…
Complete destruction of the head from a gunshot suicide. No further info. Head injuries from shotguns and high-powered…
Occasionally, people shooting themselves in the mouth tilt their heads too far back- ward before firing. This results…
Texas, USA. These photos illustrate the appearance of a crime scene indoors involving a high velocity weapon. The…
Thailand. A 40-year-old taxi driver broke in to the apartment of his ex-wife and set it on fire,…
USA. A planned complex suicide. Note the gun on the floor near the decedent’s feet. The victim had…
This individual died from a gunshot wound to the head. No further info. The head is the most…
Twin brothers committed suicide together with a gunshot wound to the head from self-constructed shooting devices, they were…
Spain. Injuries caused by multiple projectiles (shotgun), with submental entry hole and exit with cranial rupture. No further…
This individual shot himself under the chin from a 12 gauge shotgun and walked 10–15 ft to his…
This individual committed suicide by an intraoral gunshot wound. In the tremendous force imparted by the expulsion of…
Virginia, US. A 57-year-old white man with a history of depression and prior suicidal ideation was found lifeless…
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Body in stages of black putrefaction apparent in extensive mottling, the draining of purge fluid,…
This individual died after shooting himself under the chin with a hunting rifle. No further info. Head injuries…
A 25-year-old woman had moved in with her 34-year-old boyfriend 3 weeks earlier. The brother of the boyfriend…
In this intraoral shotgun wound, note the tissue tears extending from the sides of the mouth. These tears…
2006 - Belo Jardim, Brazil. The Police was called to a residential unit located in the rural area…
Iceland. A 28-year-old man was reported missing by his mother. He had a medical history of depression, for…
Spain. This middle-aged man decided to end his life using a shotgun. No further info. Head injuries from…
The premise that exit wounds are larger than entrance wounds is a generality only. A man was found…
The little info I have on this one is that she was fatally shot by her son's friend…
Suicide by shotgun: entrance wound in the mouth and facial major lesions. It has been clearly established that…
Spain. This individual killed himself with a shotgun. He had just killed his father, who had terminal cancer.…
Nassau County, New York. This individual has a stellate-shaped contact wound to the head, stippling, and soot deposit.…
Spain. Destruction of the facial skeleton due to shotgun blast. No further info. Shotguns differ from rifles and…
This individual has a contact-range gunshot wound on the forehead. No further info. In contact gunshot wounds with…
This individual has a shotgun shot wound. A large central defect is surrounded by smaller shotgun shot wounds…
Destruction of most of the head from a contact shotgun wound. There was no further info about this…
Contact wound of the right temple with evisceration of the brain. Note soot at the entrance site. In…
This woman was shot in the face at close range with a bullet from a 30.06 rifle in…
Spain. Middle facial injury with cranial rupture caused by shotgun blast. No further info. Despite the extreme amount…
In some contact rifle wounds of the head, the entrance may be difficult to locate because of the…
In contact gunshot wounds with bony tissue underlying the injury, the injuries are typically called a stellate wound,…
This individual placed a 12-gauge shotgun against his right temple and pulled the trigger. As can be noted,…
Czech Republic. A 39-year-old man was discovered dead in the bathroom of his house, hanging by the neck…
A hard-contact wound of the head with the central entrance wound containing a marginal abrasion, soot, and searing…
This individual has a 12 gauge single-shot shotgun wound to the side of the head. Found supine on…
This individual committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a hunting rifle, no further info on…
Billings, Montana - This 66-year-old man committed suicide after being told he had cancer. The entrance of the…
This individual has stippling around the gunshot entrance wounds of the face, intermediate range, no further info. Stippling…
In these intraoral gunshot wounds, note the tissue tears extending from the sides of the mouth. These tears…
Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Police were summoned to a home of a woman who reported that there had been…
Destruction of most of the head from a contact shotgun wound with preservation of the avulsed brain (next…
Italy. When a 38-year-old policeman did not arrive at work and could not be reached by telephone, two…
This middle-aged individual was involved in an altercation with another male relating to the manufacture of amphetamines. Circumstantial…
This suicide shows the devastating result of a shotgun blast in the mouth, which resulted in the top…
Catastrophic disruption of the head after a distant range discharge. Homicide with a 30-06 Springfield rifle. Note petal…
The catastrophic effect of an intraoral discharge. The head has completely opened up in a petal like fashion.…
Contact gunshot wound to the eye. Note the lacerations of the eyelid and eye globe with soot deposition…
This victim shot himself under the chin with a shotgun creating this classic massive tissue destruction. No further…
A contact shotgun wound of the lower chin. Note the stretch-type lacerations of the right side of the…
There was no info about this case, so here's just some general info: At close range, the shotgun…
This individual has died after a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, no further info. The head is the…
I don't have the backstory from this case but here's some general info. At close range, the shotgun…
This victim shot himself under the chin with a 7.62 calibre rifle creating massive tissue destruction, no further…
Germany. Translated by Hermantheshocker. The bodies of a 27-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were found lying entwined…
This woman was shot it the neck, note the defense wounds on her left hand from trying to…
An extreme example of facial splitting from an intraoral discharge. Conspicuous splitting is noted along the paranasal and…
Germany. This 70-year-old man committed suicide by gunshot to the forehead. He was found kneeling by his bathtub,…
Head injuries from shotguns and high-powered rifles are typically quite devastating, often with extensive soft tissue destruction, skull…
This individual committed intraoral suicide with a shotgun. The shotgun wound resulted in extreme facial splitting from the…
The individual in the picture has a tangential distant gunshot wound produced by mag-safe ammunition (prefragmented). I don't…
Krönlein shot indicates a prolapse of an intact brain hemisphere or, more rarely, of both brain hemispheres in…
Germany. Self-inflicted gunshot to the forehead with a shotgun. The scalp is torn open in several long stretches;…
Germany. A 39-year-old metalworker was found dead in his workroom. He had manipulated a model cannon with jackscrews…
Flash suppressors generally consist of a cylinder, having a number of longitudinal slits along its length that is…
Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. This individual shot himself in the head with an upward trajectory. The man was determined…
Contact-range discharge to the left side of the neck (12 G shotgun, homicide). (left image) Exit site on…
Initially, it may be difficult to distinguish the entrance and exit wounds, but by loosely reconstructing the skull…
This photograph illustrates the devastating effect of a high-powered weapon placed into the mouth of a suicide victim.…
I have no info on this case but it looks like he may have survived. Head injuries from…
