Asirdizer, MYavuz, MS2024-07-182024-07-180379-07381872-6283http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/3582Installation of devices involving shotguns is rarely encountered in forensic medicine practice. In this case report, authors aimed to present an unusual and rare case of shotgun injury due to a home security alarm system and its legal assessment. An electrical technician was invited to a summer house to check a home security alarm system installed by another firm which he worked for previously. It was an unconventional home security alarm system attached to a shotgun. The technician was injured with 18 buckshot pellets (no: 4) while checking the system. The host was convicted of a possible intent to cause a life-threatening injury to the technician. We think that this verdict will set a precedent for similar cases. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.EnglishFIREARM FATALITIESDEATHSWOUNDSMANNERRANGEArticle