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Examples of Ballistics in Crime Scenes
Importance of Ballistics Technology in Ballistics Ballistics can match evidence to a specific gun, but more evidence is needed to determine the shooter.
 * Matches a bullet found at a crime scene to a specific gun
 * Can match bullets from separate crime scenes to one gun
 * The police have created a computerized firearms database
 * This is a collection of pictures of shells casings and bullets found at crime scenes
 * Helps investigators determine whether a weapon has been used in past crimes
 * When ever a bullet is found at a crime scene, they photograph it and enter it into the database

Trajectory
 * An important part of solving a crime is determining where the shot was located when they shot the victim
 * The way to determine this is based on the trajectory angle that entered the body
 * If the angle is down, the shot was fire from above

Lee Harvey Oswald
 * After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, bullets were chemically tested. There were still questions as to the number of bullets shot
 * After long analysis, it was determined that there were three bullets shot
 * One missed
 * The second hit Kennedy in the back, went through his body and hit Connally in the back, which went through his chest and hit him in the wrist
 * The third was the fatal shot that hit Kennedy in the head