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- Title
Gunshots through laminated glass: expelled compounded fragments as a function of bullet type.
- Authors
Lux, Constantin; Krutzek, Alexander; Reich, Tobias; Welkerling, Stephan; Federspiel, Jan M.; Ramsthaler, Frank; Gruber, Hannes; Sauer, Patrick; Kern, Natascha; Verhoff, Marcel A.; Kettner, Mattias
- Abstract
In the frame of an experimental setting, the formation of round-shaped compounded glass fragments on the exit site after gunshots through a windshield was examined. For that purpose, a 9 × 19 mm pistol (HK P30) and two different cartridges containing (a) a full metal jacketed round-nosed projectile and (b) a deformation projectile were used. On the basis of 52 gunshots, the morphology, impact angles and terminal ballistics of occurring compounded glass fragments were examined. The results showed that the compounded glass fragments' morphology allowed for the differentiation of two used projectiles. Fragments were able to cause round-shaped defects in a single cotton layer (T-shirt) with subsequent penetration of up to 2.4 cm into ballistic gelatin (10%, 4 °C). As a function of the projectile type, the compounded glass fragments showed different reproducible impact angles that differed notably from the known conical pattern of expelled glass fragments after bullet penetration. These findings might help to explain the atypical morphology of gunshot wounds with laminated glass as an intermediate target and prevent possible misinterpretations when reconstructing the sequence of events.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); GUNSHOT wounds; BULLETS; LAMINATED glass; BALLISTICS; PROJECTILES; GELATIN
- Publication
International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2023, Vol 137, Issue 4, p1235
- ISSN
0937-9827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00414-022-02904-z