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MADem

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

Reply to Little Star (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 03:50 PM

Mar 2012

Or anywhere right under the ribcage, with the trajectory pointing up to the chest.

We will have to wait to see the trajectory of the bullet from the autopsy report.

When they say "chest" we don't know if they mean that is where the bullet entered, or that's where the bullet did its dirty work. We simply have very little to go on.

What I do know, though, is that Zimmerman was in no danger of having Skittles shoved up his nose and being waterboarded with an Arizona Iced Tea by that kid. Beyond that, I know that the kid with the candy and the drink is dead, and the guy with the gun hasn't answered for his part in all that.

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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