Question

In an alleged history of gunshot injury there is burning, blackening, and tattooing around the wound with a dirt collar. The injury is a:

• A. Close shot entry wound
• B. Close shot exit wound
• C. Distant shot entry wound
• D. Distant shot exit wound

Hint:

Soot and powder mean close range; a dirt collar means entry, not exit.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Break the clues into range clues and direction clues. Burning, blackening, and tattooing tell you the distance; the dirt collar tells you entry versus exit.
Step 2: Powder soot and grains only mark the skin when the gun is fired from close by, so the range here is close, not distant.
Step 3: A dirt (grease) collar forms as the spinning bullet scrapes dirt and lubricant onto the skin edge as it enters, so this is an entry wound. Exit wounds are ragged, everted, and have no soot or collar.
Step 4: Close range plus entry features together point to a single answer.
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