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Shooting Victims: A Case Study

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I responded to Troy Regional Medical Center ER in reference to a shooting victim. On scene I met with Jacob Lynn who stated he shot himself in the leg. On scene I observed that he had a gunshot wound to his right thigh. Lynn stated that he was trying to clear the weapon when it went off. He stated that the weapon was a silver .380 semi auto handgun. He stated that the weapon was not his but a

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