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>>david9+(OP)
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>>roshin+39
If this turns out to be real, a direct shot to the left carotid artery. Theoretically could be survivable but not without serious deficit and stroke. Agree likely fatal.

>>pcj-gi+Tc
The other indicators are pretty clearly a spinal shot. Extremely likely he is dead.

I'm going to hug my family a little tighter tonight. 46th school shooting of the year, and the 47th also happening in Colorado.

>>tomrod+ce
He lost conscious immediately which is not explainable with blood loss alone that fast - which may indicate that there was a higher impact from the shot.

>>nicce+Mp
Not a physician, medical examiner, or the like. But a paramedic who has attended more than one fatality shooting. My educated wild ass guess is that hitting the neck with a high-velocity rifle would cause the shockwaves of the impact to be very, very close to the brainstem and to have a significant effect on it.

>>FireBe+Ry
I was trying to frame it differently - like - it must have hit some harder tissue before it can cause the shockwaves, right?

>>nicce+LA
The air itself would be concussive.

But regardless, the specific mechanism of his death is clear. He died by gunshot.