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[QUOTE=Team Sergeant;636080]A bullet that ricochets ....QUOTE]

This is what I was getting at. I agree for the most part. I disagree in that I think it is not impossible to kill with a jacket ricochet. It must depend on where the hit is, energy, and how it threatens the vitals of the body.

I know first hand of a competition incident where a jacket penetrated the shooter that had a surprising amount of penetration. It was surgically removed at the hospital. It was about a third of a 9mm jacket that ricocheted off of steel at 20 meters. Everything seems it should not have happened with that kind of energy and distance, including the angle of the steel. If it had hit the neck, it could have created a fatal situation. (PSA: Always wear eyepro!)

I do recall an IDPA incident of a ricochet hitting the neck of a safety that required hospitalization....I will have to look for the source. May have been reported on TFB or one of those sites. There was a YouTube video of the incident.

I know there was a case in England of a stray lead pellet rifle pellet killing a woman by lodging in her neck. I do not know all the detail of that, but it was small and not very high velocity. It was a tragic freak accident, took place at the old home of Pink Floyds recording studio, by a new family that purchased the home from them.

I wonder in this case the evidence of the projectile. I also wonder if the weapon still contained the BLM rounds in the magazine. .165 JHP .40. What makes them certain the projectile that killed her was indeed a ricochet?

Its all armchair at this point, it could have really been an accident and or she really was killed by a ricochet. Its tragic and terrible no matter the conclusion.

The above is just IMO. I am not a ballistic or medical expert. I have some related professional experience to draw my conclusions or rather, my questions.