[wooly_mammoth]

Apache County Sheriff Brian Hounshell said Marinez, a former Marine and Persian Gulf War veteran, was shot twice in the head by what was believed to be a .45-caliber pistol.

That's gotta hurt.

[philman_36]

...what was believed to be a .45-caliber pistol.
What I find rather humerous is that the shells, shell casings and the pistol itself should detail what caliber the pistol was and the best that is given in the "news article" is a guess. Most every pistol I've seen tells you exactly what caliber it is. It is engraved into the body of the pistol. I havn't seen too many new pistols so that practice may have changed.