FIREARM WOUNDS

Randanan Bandaso
Department of Forensic and Medicolegal
Faculty of Medicine Hasanuddin University

THE PURPOSE OF THIS LECTURE

IT IS FIREARM WOUNDS OR NOT

ENTRY WOUNDS OR EXITS WOUNDS
THE RANGE AND DIRECTION OF FIREWOUNDS
YOU EXPECTED TO SAY WHETHER A GIVEN WEAPON
COULD HAVE THE CAUSE OF THE WOUNDS HE
FOUND
YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING OF THE COMMON
TYPES OF FIREARM AND BE ROUGHLY FAMILIAR
WITH THEIR MECHANISM AND FIRE POWER
COULD IT HAVE BEEN SUICIDE, ACCIDENT, MURDER.
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF SUICIDE

WHAT IS FIRE ARM WOUNDS

LOSS OF CONTINUITY OF TISSUE BY

THE BULLET OF FIRE ARM OR
EXPLOSIONS

The doctor must know

something of the common
types of firearm and be
roughly familiar with their
mechanism and fire-power

The study of firearms

and ammunition
ballistics is
sufficiently complex

TYPES OF FIREARMS
RIFLE

SMOOTH-BORED WEAPONS
RIFLED
WEAPONS
BARREL
SHORT- BARREL
LONG - BARREL
CALIBRE OR GAUGE
INTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE BARREL
BRITAIN ( IN DECIMALS OF AN INCH .22,
.303, .45)
METRIC SYSTEM (6.35, 8,0,9.3 MM)

LONG BARRELLED

REVOLVER

SHORT BARRELED

AUTOMATIC

Parts of Fire Arm

Some Fire Arms

RIFLED WEAPONS
THE

BORE IS SCORED INTERNALLY WITH A

NUMBER OF SPIRAL GROOVES
WHICH RUN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER,
BUT TWISTED SPIRALLY FROM BREECH TO
MUZZLE
THE PROJECTING RIDGES BETWEEN
GROOVES ARE CALLED LANDS
MAY BE EITHER LONG-BARRELED (RIFLES)
OR SHORT-BARRELED (PISTOLS)

SMOOTH-BORED WEAPONS
THE

BORE OR INSIDE OF THE BARREL

IS PERPECTLY SMOOTH FROM END
TO END.
THE DIAMETER OF THE BORE MAY
BECOME NARROWER OR CHOCKED
TOWARDS THE MUZZLE.

RIFLED

SMOOTH

HAND MADE WEAPON

BULLETS
CONSIST

OF SOLID TIN-HARDENED LEAD

A CORE OF LEAD COVERED BY JACKET OF
TOUGH CUPRONICKEL-COATED STEEL OR
BRASS WITH CUPRONICKEL
SOME PACKED WITH
PHOSPHORUS BURNING TRACES DURING
FLIGHT.
EXPLOSIVE CHARGES EXPLOSIVE

GROOVE

SOME KIND OF BULLETS

MANTLE AND NON MANTLE

BULLET

FULL MANTLE BULLET

HALF MANTLE BULLET
NON MANTLE BULLET

VIRGIN BULLET = NAKED BULLET

THE

BULLET DONOT PASS THE

BARREL
BURNING OF RUBBISH WHERE THERE
IS A BULLET.
BURNING OF BULLET STOREHOUSE

SPECIAL BULLET
RICHOCHET

BULLET
DUM-DUM BULLET
LIGHT BULLET
SMOKE BULLET
TWIN BULLET
GRENADE

GRENADE

SMOKE OR LIGHT
DUM-DUM
RICHOCHETE

TWIN

MANTLE AND NON MANTLE BULLET

BRASS (KUNINGAN)

HALF MANTLE

NON MANTLE

TIN (LEAD) =TIMAH

FULL MANTLE

GROOVES ON THE SURFACE OF BULLET

POLICE KRIMINOLOGY LABORATORY

PAPER

FIREARM

COTTON

BULLET

EXPERIMENTAL SHOOTING

MICROSCOP FOR TESTING SUSPECTED BULLET

PRINTER

MICROSCOP CONNECTED WITH COMPUTER AND PRINTER

BULLET IN VICTIM

BULLET FROM SUSPECTED GUN

ALUR PADA PELURU

CARTRIDGES
Made

of brass or brass base and plastic

tube.
Consist of a cartridge case with a central
firing cap at the base.
The base of the cartridge project as a rim, to
ensure that it does not moved forward
barrel.
The cap contains small amount priming
powder ignited by the heat generated by
sudden blow of the trigger hummer.

RIM
BOTTLE NECK
CYLINDER

CARTRIDGES

PLASTIC
BRASS
BRASS
RIM
CYLINDER

BOTTLE

THE BASE OF BULLET

ENTRY WOUND
A.CONTACT WOUND
B.VERY NEAR WOUND
C.NEAR WOUND
D.A MORE DISTANT WOUND

ENTRY WOUNDS

STICK AND CLOSE WOUNDS

MONCONG

CONTUSIO RING (KLIM LECET)

Exit wound

 CONSIST

MERELY OF A HOLE IN THE SKIN

THE DEGREE OF SKIN TORN DEPENDENT
UPON THE MOMENTUM OF THE BULLET
LEAVING THE BODY
NOSE-ON
WOBBLING TURNING OVER AND OVER
THE AMOUNT OF BONE SPLINTER IT
CARRIES AWAY WITH IT
MAY BE NO EXIT WOUND
AT DISTANCE RANGE THE ENTRY AND EXIT
ARE THE SAME SIZE.

CORONG KELUAR

THE COURSE OF PROJECTILE

ENTRY WOUND

RUNNING INTO THE

BODY ALONG THE TRACK MISSILE
STRAIGHT COURSE
THE BULLET MEET DENSE TISSUE
THE PROJECTILE MAY SUFFER A
VIOLENT CHANGE DIRECTION

ENTRY WOUND

SEE THE LARGE PART OF FUNNEL

EXIT WOUND

HISTOPATOLOGY

BULLET

X- Ray

CT- Scan

SINGEING HAIR (BURN HAIR)

SUICIDE
ACCIDENT
MURDER

SOME USEFUL RULES

WOMEN

RARELY SHOOT THEMSELVES

SUICIDALLY SHOT WOMAN IS A
MURDERED WOMAN
THERE ARE DEFINITE SITES OF
PREDILECTION IN SUICIDAL SHOOTING
IT IS VERY RARE A SUICIDE TO SHOOT
HIMSELF THROUGH THE ABDOMEN, EYE
AND INACESSIBLE SITES SUCH US THE
BACK OF THE HEAD, NECK OR BACK OF
THE TRUNK

SOME USEFUL RULES

THE

RANGE IS IMPORTANT, AS
BEYOND ARMS REACH OF THE
TRIGGER
SUICIDES ARE ABLE TO FIRE
REPEATED SHOTS INTO THEMSELVES
EVEN THOUGH PATHOLOGICALLY
EACH ONE TO APPEARS TO BE
RAPIDLY FATAL.

SUICIDE
ACCIDENT
MURDER

SUICIDE FIREARMS WOUND

ALMOST ALWAYS

CONTACT OR
VIRTUALLY CONTACT
CERTAIN CLASSIC SITES OF
ELECTION:
THE RIGHT TEMPLE OR LEFT
INLEFT HANDED PERSONS
CENTRE BROW
THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH
OVER THE HEART

SUICIDE FIREARMS WOUND

THE

GUN MUST BE ARMS

REACH
EASY TO REACH NOT THE
BACK OF THE BODY, OR THE
LEG THE FACE

POLICE WHO DID SUICIDEI

EXIT WOUND

SUICIDAL POLICE

THE WIFE WAS SHOTED BEFORE HE SHOTED HIMSELF

DIRECTION OF SHOTING

SUICIDAL WOUND IN THE TEMPLES

THE TEETH WAS

PERFECT

SUICIDE
ACCIDENT
MURDER

SUICIDE
ACCIDENT
MURDER

NEWSPAPER NEWS ABOUT THE BANDIT WHO STABS THE POLICE

LENGAN PREMAN

LUKA PERINGATAN PADA KAKI

LEG OF THE BANDIT WITH TATTOO

ENTRY WOUND IN THE STOMACH

THE BANDIT AT MACCINI RAYA

EVERY BODY WHO PASS WILL BE ASKED FOR MONEY

EXPLOSIVES
INDUSTRIAL CATASTROPHES

OR

TERRORISM
DAMAGE CAUSE BY MULTIPLE
MISSILE INJURIES FROM EXPLOSION
OF THE CASING AND ADJACENT
OBJECTS
MAYBE VERY FOCAL AFFECTING THE
FACING BODY SURFACE EG
STOMACH, LEG

EXPLOSIVES
SECONDARY INJURIES ARE

COMMON ROOF, FIRE ETC

LARGE BOMB EXPLODES VERY
CLOSE TO PEOPLE TOTAL
DISRUPTION A GREAT
PROBLEMS IN INDENTIFICATION

COMMENT OF THE STUDENT

IN THE SECOND SEMESTER Block 1 (Immunology)
Dont

to fast if talking and English bad.

The most important things is change the
illustration of the slide and put more
information about the subject in the slide
No suggestion for the lecture except
please increase the quality of the
presentation and speaks English more
clear

COMMENT OF THE STUDENT

IN THE SECOND SEMESTER Block 1 (Immunology)
Use

Indonesian and English it can help.

Good Lecture, explanation complete.
Thank for teaching, like Dr.Randanan as
well, keep up a good work doctor
Good explanation in lecture
I like the way he teaches us

SOME COMMENTS OF THE STUDENTS

IN THE SECOND SEMESTER Block 1 (Immunology)
Lack

of communication with students

Improve communication skills
Not so good explanation an elaboration.
Give some more examples.
Make it more interesting, speak clearly
Need to give the student understanding on
what he teaches.Dont teach to fast
because we us a student need apropriate
time to understanding the topic