FIREARMS TUTORIAL

FIREARMS TUTORIAL: "Patterns of Tissue Injury
Classification

One of the commonest determinations of the forensic pathologist is the range of fire. Gunshot wounds are typically classified as:

1. Contact
2. Intermediate range
3. Distant range

Example images demonstrating gross and microscopic appearances of gunshot wounds:

1. Sooting of hand, gross
2. Contact range gunshot wound, gross
3. Contact range gunshot wound, gross
4. Contact range gunshot wound, gross
5. Contact range gunshot wound, gross
6. Blood spatter on hand, gross
7. Gunshot entrance wound with GSR, microsopic
8. Intermediate range gunshot wound, gross
9. Intermediate range gunshot wound, gross
10. Entrance-exit wound in close proximity from low angle of bullet entrance, gross
11. Exit gunshot wound, gross"