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A bullet fired into the air can kill someone.
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Is it true that a bullet fired into the air can kill someone?
Yes. A peer-reviewed autopsy study documents fatalities from bullets fired into the air, and a reference discussion reports falling bullets injure and sometimes kill people, with elevated mortality among those struck. A case report and legal sources also treat stray-bullet deaths as a real possibility.
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Can bullets fired into the air kill a person when they fall?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/610/can-bullets-fired-into-the-air-kill-a-person-when-they-fall
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Celebratory gunfire - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire
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T, V., M, E., C, K., & M, A. (2024). Deaths due to tired bullet injuries: Evaluation from medical, legal, and social perspectives.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.14744/tjtes.2024.40245
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AN, I., DM, P., RN, J., & JM, T. (2007). Can a falling bullet be lethal at terminal velocity? Cardiac injury caused by a celebratory bullet.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.046
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