Jon Erik Hexum. Yes, blanks can kill, too. An experiment NOT to try. Take a shotgun shell and remove the pellets. Shoot yourself in the head with it. Result? No head. The gases short range can do hugh damage. Pistol blanks can do a lot of damage, too. (I know it's not exactly related to this shooting, but it's something good to know.)
Didn't some guys recently put a cigarette in a pistol with blanks and shoot their buddy at short range and he died?
How stupid. I have no sympathy for them.
Proof that second hand smoke kills!!