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Little Star

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16. So Trayvon could have been face down with..

Reply to MADem (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 03:40 PM

Mar 2012

Zimmerman straddling his back and be shot in the chest?

I know that you can't tell me that's what actually happened. My question is could that have happened?

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Where on his body was Trayvon shot? [View all] Sheepshank Mar 2012 OP

i heard chest. nt seabeyond Mar 2012 #1

I understand that the injury was to his chest. I might be mistaken about that. MADem Mar 2012 #2

Did they even do any forensics to determine any of that? arcane1 Mar 2012 #3

I'm sure they did, but.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #5

I think this is a key part of the investigation Quixote1818 Mar 2012 #4

Indeed, and it is possible to deliver a chest injury from the BACK, as well. nt MADem Mar 2012 #8

Especially at close range. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #22

I heard it was in the chest and.. Little Star Mar 2012 #6

They often would; bullets don't throw people around like in the movies. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2012 #11

Good question. The NYT says he was shot in the chest: sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #7

You can conceivably deliver a wound to the chest from the back or the side. MADem Mar 2012 #9

Thanks, I know nothing about this, so have been wondering about it. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #13

So Trayvon could have been face down with.. Little Star Mar 2012 #16

Easily. Or he could have been grappling with the kid and shot him in the side. MADem Mar 2012 #18

Trayvon may have been shot in the chest from a distance, short or long, JDPriestly Mar 2012 #23

With a 9mm? It's possible. X_Digger Mar 2012 #10

True, most of us don't have much experience with shooting people, so the only image we have of such sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #14

It's possible Trayvon was on the ground when he was shot arcane1 Mar 2012 #12

Or shot in the back. MADem Mar 2012 #15

In other words... Little Star Mar 2012 #17

Hard to know if they are talking about the direction or where the wounds were made. MADem Mar 2012 #19

An examination of the wounds would tell a lot..and entry wound is much smaller than shraby Mar 2012 #20

I have been wondering the same thing. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #21