Incomplete shored exit wounds - A report of three cases

Typical and atypical exit wounds are well described in the forensic literat ure. Included in the descriptions of atypical exit wounds are perforating, "shored" exit wounds, in which the perforation of the skin is associated wi th an abrasion, whether or not the bullet fully exits the body. The authors describe an atypical, incomplete, shored exit wound in which the skin was abraded by supporting material at the site the bullet was recovered, but th ere was no associated perforation of the skin. Recognition of this injury p attern can be important in reconstruction of the crime scene in relation to the victim at the time of the shooting.