Forensic Science International
Volume 147, Supplement , Pages S43-S44, 17 January 2005

Singular case of shooting a football fan with a signal rocket

Forensic Medicine Department, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland

published online 20 January 2005.

Abstract 

The authors present a very rare case of fatal injuries resulting from shooting a parachute signal rocket with a hand operated launcher of signal pistol kind by pseudo-football fans. A 16-year-old football fan sustained extensive thermal burn of his lower extremities and abdomen, lacerated wound of his left thigh with a deep signal rocket-shot canal which caused injuries in subcutaneous tissue, fascia and both medial and posterior muscles of the thigh as well as injured both femoral vein and artery with subsequent hemorrhagic, burn and traumatic shocks. In spite of specialistic surgical treatment, the victim was not rescued. Analysis of medical documentation and our autopsy results were supplemented with an expert's opinion on physicochemical examinations supported by photographic documentation.

Keywords: Signal rocket, Postmortem autopsy, Football fan

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PII: S0379-0738(04)00614-0

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.100

Forensic Science International
Volume 147, Supplement , Pages S43-S44, 17 January 2005

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