An unusual case of multiple-gunshot suicide of an alcohol-intoxicated cancer sufferer with prolonged physical activity.

Abstract:

:Multishot firearm suicides are relatively rare and suggest the possibility of homicide. Physical activity following gunshots to the head, the neck, and the thorax does occur, and immediate incapacitation does not occur in every fatal gunshot wound that penetrates the head or perforates the heart. Cancer patients appear to be at increased suicide risk, but alcohol intoxication is less common in such cases. We present-to the best of our knowledge for the first time-a case of a 54-year old, male, liver cancer sufferer, who under the influence of alcohol, discharged his revolver three times, suffered, among other wounds, a heart-perforating wound, and died after c. 1.5 h, being able to talk until just before he died. Our case underlines the importance of keeping an open critical mind when dealing with multiple-gunshot fatalities, especially when posttraumatic physical activity might be crucial in differentiating homicide from suicide.

journal_name

J Forensic Sci

authors

Marnerides A,Zagelidou E,Leontari R

doi

10.1111/1556-4029.12073

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-03-01 00:00:00

pages

537-9

issue

2

eissn

0022-1198

issn

1556-4029

journal_volume

58

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