Posted on 05/16/2012 4:49:58 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Florida teenager Trayvon Martin died from a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from “intermediate range,” according to an autopsy report reviewed Wednesday by NBC News.
The official report, prepared by the medical examiner in Volusia County, Fla., also found that the 17-year-old Martin had one other fresh injury – a small abrasion, no more than a quarter-inch in size – on his left ring finger below the knuckle.
Separately, a medical report on Martin’s alleged killer, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, prepared by his personal physician the day after Martin’s shooting in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, found that the Neighborhood Watch volunteer suffered a likely broken nose, swelling, two black eyes and cuts to the scalp. That report, first reported Tuesday by ABC News, also was reviewed by NBC News.
Both documents are part of a mountain of evidence – up to 300 pages and 67 CDs of witness statements, surveillance videos and other material-- expected to be made public soon in connection with the second-degree murder case against Zimmerman.
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Hahahaha. “kept right on going”
I've read other data from earlier posts that puts the range from 2 to 18 inches.
I once attended a lecture on gunshot wounds that featured a forensic examiner demonstrating the testing process by live firing his .38 snubbie into white tee shirts on cardboard target forms at various distances to show the results. While I was impressed with the demonstration, I commented on the fact that all the tests were done on tee's that were flat with a firearm muzzle perfectly perpendicular to the target.
If given the real world 3D nature of the target, the dynamics of the shooter and “target” flailing around, the wind, rain, and other environmental factors, not to mention the oblique nature of the muzzle to target, would the results be quite so cut and dried? I doubt it.
I always groan when the various “CSI” shows trot out all their “scientific” whiz bang test results and solve the unsolvable. Too many people believe the fantasy as fact.
>>>>There is no such thing as indeterminate when it comes to gunshots in close proximity.
>>You were missing the point. The article said, “intermediate,” which, by definition, is not “close proximity.”
Please see my post #51. Apparently “intermediate range” has a different meaning in the forensics world than the casual definition someone might use during a trip to the pistol range.
Thanks. So it’s possible that Trayvon could be struggling over the gun with Zimmerman when the shot was fired at his arm’s length away from it and his hand on the gun could still have prevented the ejection of the casing.
It’s also possible that the slide hit Zimmerman in such a way that it didn’t move back far enough to allow ejection.
It was you that wanted to miss the point.
They were, as usual, well able to establish that the muzzle was in the one to three foot range when fired. (they had the gun and the cartridges, thus knew how much powder pushed how much lead, making the calculation fairly simple)
Proper projectile design + bone impact. Entered the rib cage, so it most likely hit bone somehow, taking away a _lot_ of momentum and/or tumbling the projectile.
Terminal ballistics vary widely based on lots of factors.
Yup, heard that early on. Trayvon must have held the slide, which most likely means it was not at contact distance. Grip on slide means no cycling means no ejection.
“bad round” is an interesting theory, as another poster questioned why the projectile didn’t exit.
Somewhere I read that it was 2 to 4 inches.
“Martin’s alleged killer”
What’s this “alleged”? Zimmerman admitted it, didn’t he? I mean, he’s gonna offer justifiable homicide as his defense, right, and I think he apologized to Martin’s parents in court.
“Perhaps we should channel JFK to find out the trajectory of the magic bullet that took him down.”
It travelled on a straight line from a window on the sixth floor of the book depository into his melon.
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