Story Suicide with a homemade shotgun: case report and review of literature

[brokenspirited]

This is a 57-year-old white man with a medical history of depression and recent suicidal ideation that necessitated police response with confiscation of his shotgun. Approximately 3 weeks later he was found by his landlord lifeless on the floor surrounded by a pool of blood.Scene investigation revealed a homemade shotgun and a hammer lying near the decedent. Autopsy revealed a contact shotgun wound to the right side of the decedent's head. The shotgun blast caused injury to the skull with evisceration of the brain. Soot and shotgun filler were present surrounding and within the entrance wound.

In this case report, we show that the preventive measures of taking away one's firearms and admission into a psychiatric hospital is in some cases not enough to prevent suicide. The desire to end one's existence may lead to a well thought out and ingenuous means to commit the act of suicide.

The desire to end one's existence may lead to a well thought out and ingenuous means to commit the act of suicide.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

Pretty useless to share this without linking to the source. No reason to believe you didn't just type this all yourself or have AI create it.

 

[brokenspirited]

Pretty useless to share this without linking to the source. No reason to believe you didn't just type this all yourself or have AI create it.

Suicide with a homemade shotgun: case report and review of literature - PubMed

This is a 57-year-old white man with a medical history of depression and recent suicidal ideation that necessitated police response with confiscation of his shotgun. Approximately 3 weeks later he was found by his landlord lifeless on the floor surrounded by a pool of blood.Scene investigation...

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[pthnrdnojvsc]

what kind of evil world are we living in. he was 57 years old . are they going to say he was a child too like they say everyone is? he wanted to die so they confiscated his shotgun. wtf he was 57 . so he said fuck you creeps and made a shotgun out of barbells

i saw his story on watch people die website . his didn't have a video but pictures. also others with homemade shotguns and videos.

 

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Determined to Die! Ability to Act Following Multiple Self-inflicted Gunshot Wounds to the Head. The Cook County Office of Medical Examiner Experience (2005-2012) and Review of Literature

Abstract

Cases of multiple (considered 2+) self-inflicted gunshot wounds are a rarity and require careful examination of the scene of occurrence; thorough consideration of the decedent's psychiatric, medical, and social histories; and accurate postmortem documentation of the gunshot wounds. We present a series of four cases of multiple self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office between 2005 and 2012 including the first case report of suicide involving eight gunshot wounds to the head. In addition, a review of the literature concerning multiple self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head is performed. The majority of reported cases document two gunshot entrance wound defects. Temporal regions are the most common affected regions (especially the right and left temples). Determining the capability to act following a gunshot wound to the head is necessary in crime scene reconstruction and in differentiation between homicide and suicide.
Keywords: ability to act; firearms; forensic science; homicide; multiple gunshot wounds to the head; suicide.
© 2015 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Determined to Die! Ability to Act Following Multiple Self-inflicted Gunshot Wounds to the Head. The Cook County Office of Medical Examiner Experience (2005-2012) and Review of Literature - PubMed

Cases of multiple (considered 2+) self-inflicted gunshot wounds are a rarity and require careful examination of the scene of occurrence; thorough consideration of the decedent's psychiatric, medical, and social histories; and accurate postmortem documentation of the gunshot wounds. We present a...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov