Medich M G, Cohle S D, Burritt M, Davison P
Department of Emergency Medicine, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI.
J Forensic Sci. 1990 Mar;35(2):473-6.
We present the case of a man who was killed by simultaneous discharge of both barrels of a double-barrel shotgun. Externally, there was a single wound simulating a wound made by a discharge of a single barrel. Test-firing of the shotgun against cloth, paper, and naugahyde targets revealed defects similar in shape to the wound in the victim. Simultaneous discharge of both barrels from a double-barrel shotgun may simulate the wound made by discharge of a single barrel.
