Galligan Aisling A, Fries Craig, Melinek Judy
University College London, 31-34 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0PY, UK.
Precision Simulations, Inc., 115 South Church Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945, United States.
Forensic Sci Int. 2017 Feb;271:e8-e13. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.12.039. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
Forensic pathologists who autopsy the victims of gun violence are often called upon to answer questions in both criminal and civil proceedings about the relative position of the shooter and the victim. In this case report of an officer-involved shooting incident, the statement of the police officer appeared to be in direct contradiction to the statements of other eyewitnesses, the evidence at the scene, and the final resting position of the decedent's body. Trajectory analysis of two gunshot wound pathways (only one of which was instantaneously incapacitating) was performed to assess the veracity of the officer's statement and forensic animation was used to create a court exhibit. A discussion of the current peer-reviewed literature is included.
对涉枪暴力受害者进行尸检的法医病理学家，经常被要求在刑事和民事诉讼中回答有关枪手与受害者相对位置的问题。在这份涉及警察开枪事件的案例报告中，警官的陈述似乎与其他目击者的陈述、现场证据以及死者尸体的最终位置直接矛盾。对两处枪伤弹道（其中只有一处造成即刻失能）进行了轨迹分析，以评估警官陈述的真实性，并使用法医动画制作了一份法庭证物。文中还纳入了对当前同行评议文献的讨论。
