2018
Michael Haag
Charleston, WV
This case presentation involves a single homicide, G2 Research’s R.I.P.® ammunition, Cor-Bon’s Pow’R Ball ammunition, squib ammunition, two bullets with one entrance gunshot wound to the head, and interior ballistic deformation. The investigation began as simple firearm identification work, and evolved into a reconstruction based on the limited universe of physical evidence and gunshot wounds. Empirical testing of hypotheses involved the destruction of several Glock 40 Smith & Wesson caliber pistols in order to reproduce observed interior ballistic deformation on projectiles recovered at autopsy.