Friend shot 15 times with a 9mm?

Question

What does a 9mm bullet do? I have a friend that was shot in the chest, I guess point blank, 15 times. I can't imagine what that did to her, and I've never been able to bring it up to ask. Her husband is in prison for life, of course. But did it blow her apart? I know the first one pretty much killed her. But, was her chest blown apart, or just small holes, or what?

I just need to know. She was only 34.

Answer 1

That's terrible. With that many rounds in her chest, I can't imagine she would have had to suffer for long. I'm sure she hardly felt any pain, as the internal damage from a few shots should have stopped her heart, as well as stopped blood flow to the brain. Still, that was a horrible thing to do. Life in prison just isn't enough for some people.

Most typical 9x19mm bullets will leave a hole much larger than 9mm. At the following link you can see the damage that a number of different 9mm rounds do to a block of ballistic jelly, as well as some of the recovered bullets: http://www.brassfetcher.com/var919mm.html

Answer 2

I will answer your question because if it happen to a friend of mine or a family member I feel I would need to know as well.

I saw pictures of an accidental 9mm gunshot to the leg that were posted on 1919a4.com. It was pretty graphic, entry holes were about the size of a 9mm bullet, exit holes were about the size of an American quarter-dollar coin. Things change when bone gets hit because it can break and cause additional wounding.

It's sad that the husband got life for this, he should have gotten a death sentence.

Answer 3

This answer will be the hardest answer I will ever write! I am sorry for your loss. I too lost someone, my father, 50 years ago yesterday as a matter fact, to a bullet wound. But you have asked a question that is truly unanswerable; and for your own sake; you are better off. Just know in your heart that probably, after the first 1 or 2 shots, she was dead. The remainder were no more than rage on his part; she did NOT feel them. I was 9 years old when my daddy died; as I tried to stop the blood from pouring from his mouth where the .22 cal., 29 grain bullet had exited his head. I had taked his life; which I celebrate now by being able to help others with grief and pain, deal with theirs. I, of his 4 sons, was the only one to follow in his footsteps; by continuing to hunt and fish after his death. I dedicated my life to becoming somewhat of a firearms expert, having served as an NRA Firearms Instructor for 18 years, a USAF Small Arms Instructor, and gunshop owner 15 yrs, all the while using my experience in an attempt to prevent others from doing what I had done. God bless!

Answer 4

41 mag. I lost my son the same way. So I know how you are hurting. I still have the gun that he used and refuse to sell it. A point that no one understands.
To answer the question, I don't think you need to know. Just accept the loss of your friend and see her in her live and happy state.
When I lost my son I saw what damage the bullet did and I have that picture in my worst nightmares way too often. I prefer to remember him in his first car, with a big smile on his face. Holding up the first rabbit he hunted and got "on the run" no easy feat. And him standing on a side of a mountain with his back pack on and looking across a canyon. Those are the pictures I want to remember, not the bloody body of him on the couch.
Forget your quest.

Answer 5

This is a difficult question to answer. It really depends on the ammo that nine was loaded with. With ball ammo the damage would have been minimal but still fatal if vital organs were struck. It also depends on how tight the pattern was. If the bullets were widely spaced it would be like a series of through-and-through wound channels the size of a #2 pencil. If he used defensive ammo (hollow points) then be glad you're not the one who found the body.

I am sorry for your loss.

Best.

H

Answer 6

Usually, where the bullet entered, there is a small hole, about the size of the bullet. If the bullet exits, then there is a bigger hole, because the lead kind of has a mushroom effect.

Answer 7

However many times she was shot, even at "point-blank range", she was probably torn up inside. The first shot would not necessarily have had to kill her (it may have missed vital organs and/or blood vessels), but a bullet does not kill because of blood loss.

A bullet kills because of the traumatic amount of shock it delivers to the "target" - in this case, a human. Also, because the human body has so much water in it, the bullet, even though it is "cone-shaped", expands upon impact - which imparts even more shock, due to the larger area of bullet actually hitting the body. The average bullet will turn the flesh in its immediate path into "jelly" simply because of the amount of force it imparts.

As has been said by others, the entrance wound is smaller than the exit - which is often several times larger than the bullet's diameter, even such small calibers as the .22; at "point-blank" range, a 9mm will pass completely through a body not protected by some sort of armor. And a 9mm bullet, being heavier (not to mention larger) than a .22 bullet, will deliver more of a shock and leave a much larger exit hole. Deer have been known to have been killed with a .22 handgun, because of the shock delivered to their vital organs; it is rare, but it does happen....

The forensics team probably had to count how many bullets they found to get an accurate count of how many times she was shot, unless there were actually fifteen separate entrance holes.

What I want to know is - where, and how, did the guy get a fifteen-round clip? Federal law prohibits anything over ten rounds.....

Answer 8

Wow!...I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Nobody deserves that.

I believe that the exit wounds from a bullet cause much more damage than the entrance wounds.

Answer 9

Hard to say. It depend on the accuray of the shooter and the type of bullets used.

Answer 10

I am sorry to here about your friend let her rest in peace you really don't need to know the details of multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.