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  • Title: Pistol thrown to the ground by shooter after fatal self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
    Author: Zech WD, Kneubühl B, Thali M, Bolliger S.
    Journal: J Forensic Leg Med; 2011 Feb; 18(2):88-90. PubMed ID: 21315304.
    Abstract:
    We report the case of a 46-year-old man found dead in his apartment in a chair with a gunshot wound in his chest. All circumstances pointed to suicide as the manner of death. Finding the weapon, a SIG Sauer P228 pistol, about 2 m away from the decedent with an obstacle between weapon and corpse however generated speculation about third party involvement. Scene investigations and ballistic calculations showed that with a high probability the weapon must have been purposefully thrown away by the decedent after he fired the lethal gunshot.
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