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Old March 14, 2000, 02:18 AM   #6
ModIMark0
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I recall the 'heart-shredding incident' from a Peter Kokalis article on shotguns or wound ballistics. He was quoting the Vincent J.M. DiMaio book 'Gunshot Wounds', where "a man whose heart was literally shredded by No. 7-1/2 pellets fired from a 12-gauge shotgun at a distance of 3 to 4 feet, was able to run 65 feet before collapsing."
I also recall seeing a re-enactment/dramatization where a shotgun fired at a distance of about 150 yards dropped but did not incapacitate a rifleman shooting at a couple of sheriff's deputies. The deputy (with the shotgun) was wounded, and the rifleman was not incapacitated/killed until the other deputy shot him with one or two .308 rounds from an M1A with iron sights.
I also recall a story of a Milwaukee PD stakeout team member that shot a pizza van robber at 4-6 feet with 1 or 2 12-gauge slugs. The robber fell down, got up and ran for a block or two until collapsing from blood loss. He lived to serve his jail or prison term.
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