Suicide by a construction nail fired from a pistol.

Autor: Kislov MA; Department of Forensic Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Federal State University of Education, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: kislov_ma@rsmu.ru., Chauhan M; Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Floor, Old Academic Block, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Connaught Place, DIZ Area, New - Delhi, 110001, India. Electronic address: chauhandrmohit@gmail.com., Prikhodko AN; Department of Forensic Medicine, Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: andrey_prihodko@list.ru., Bespamyatnov RV; Criminalistics Department, Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow Region, Colonel of Justice, 127006, Sadovo-Triumfalnaya Street, 10/13, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: BespamyatnovRV@gmail.com., Natarova KV; Department of Forensic Medicine, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: natarova_k_v@student.sechenov.ru.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of forensic and legal medicine [J Forensic Leg Med] 2024 Apr; Vol. 103, pp. 102682. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102682
Abstrakt: Penetrating head injury to accomplish suicide by a non-ammunition-related projectile discharged from a nail-gun is a very rare entity. The authors describe even much rarer, and the first reported case of a suicide penetrating head injury by a construction nail discharged from a blank cartridge of a pistol. The absence of beveling and muzzle impression, the non-ejection of the discharged cartridge, and the exit of just the tip of the nail from the other side of wound were the atypical features in this firearm fatality sustained at a contact-range. The entry wound prototypes like abrasion and grease collar, and blackening were absent. An improvisation to insert a construction nail into the chamber of firearm, for utilization as a projectile was another unique highlight here. The deceased was a construction builder. Being debt-ridden, he probably could not manage to purchase even one live cartridge for his licensee pistol to bring suicidal ideation to culmination.
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