Problems of Forensic Sciences 2002 Vol. 51 (LI) 119-136
A GUNSHOT FOLLOWING THE STOPPING OF A PASSENGER CAR BY POLICE – A RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EVENT ON THE BASIS OF CASE FILES AND GUNSHOT RESIDUE EXAMINATIONS
Zuzanna BROŻEK-MUCHA
Institute of Forensic Research, Cracow
Streszczenie
Areconstruction of a fatal gunshot wounding of a car driver by a policeman during a check following a high-speed chase is presented. The task assigned to experts at the Institute of Forensic Research, Cracow was to establish the relative positions of the persons at the instant of shooting, as the version of the incident given by the policeman who fired differed from that given by witnesses. The clothing of the victim and the policeman and also case files were studied. The following pieces of information contributed to solving the problem: the police report from the scene of the incident, the autopsy report describing the wounds on the body of the victim, witnesses’ testimonies as well as physical and chemical examinations of the evidence clothing. From the performed examinations, the presence of both primer and propellant gunshot residues was revealed on the victim’s leather jacket. The conclusion of the performed investigations supported the version presented by the majority of witnesses.
Słowa kluczowe
Case files study; Reconstruction of the crime; Gunshot residues (GSR)/Cartridge discharge residues (CDR); SEM-EDX; Estimation of the shooting distance.