powder burns
Close-range shooting evidence
Powder burns are marks left on skin or clothing by the hot gases and unburned particles expelled when a firearm discharges at close range.
Forensic investigators use powder burns to estimate firing distance—their presence indicates the gun was held within inches or a few feet of the target.
The powder burns on his shirt suggested suicide rather than homicide.
- gunshotFirearm's explosive report
- gunshot residueParticles from firing weapons
- muzzle blastExplosion exiting barrel
- dischargesReleases or sends forth
- point blankAt very close range
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- forensic evidenceDNA evidence, fingerprints, DNA, blood, DNA testing
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- ballisticsballistics, bullet, bullet drop, cartridge, trajectory
- War Woundsshrapnel wound, shrapnel wounds, gunshot wound, gunshot wounds, bullet wound