pointed the gun out the window and fired a shot from 200 yards away, which hit the car. i believe that this was done so as to throw a bone to his friends, that is, to give them an out, to say that it wasn t first-degree murder, that maybe it was something lesser than that, like criminally negligent homicide or manslaughter. basically, something to try to appease his friends. the shell casing at the scene indicated the weapon was an hk-91 assault rifle. receipts from a local gun store supported george kerr s claim, that doug gustafson had bought an hk-91 the day of the murder. kerr also said that he, cheely, and gustafson had been shooting the gun earlier that day, and they used a road sign as a target. investigators found that sign with three bullet holes. to test kerr s story,
with three bullet holes. to test kerr s story, investigators turned to forensic analyst robert shem. he test-fired an hk-91 into a piece of metal the same thickness as the road sign. then using a rubber-like casting substance called microsil, he made impressions of the bullet holes in the road sign and those produced by his test firing of the same type of gun. the castings were compared under a microscope. once i removed the rubber, i was able to establish that the holes in the sign were indeed .30 caliber, and they possessed the same rifling characteristics as an hk-91. the test proved kerr s claim that the boys were using an hk-91 that day. but could investigators prove the shooting was intentional?
away, which hit the car. i believe that this was done so as to throw a bone to his friends, that is, to give them an out, to say that it wasn t first-degree murder, that maybe it was something lesser than that, like criminally negligent homicide or manslaughter. basically, something to try to appease his friends. the shell casing at the scene indicated the weapon was an hk-91 assault rifle. receipts from a local gun store supported george kerr s claim, that doug gustafson had bought an hk-91 the day of the murder. kerr also said that he, cheely, and gustafson had been shooting the gun earlier that day, and they used a road sign as a target. investigators found that sign with three bullet holes. to test kerr s story, investigators turned to forensic analyst robert shem.
so as to throw a bone to his friends, that is, to give them an out, to say that it wasn t first-degree murder, that maybe it was something lesser than that, like criminally negligent homicide or manslaughter. basically, something to try to appease his friends. the shell casing at the scene indicated the weapon was an hk-91 assault rifle. receipts from a local gun store supported george kerr s claim, that doug gustafson had bought an hk-91 the day of the murder. kerr also said that he, cheely, and gustafson had been shooting the gun earlier that day, and they used a road sign as a target. investigators found that sign with three bullet holes. to test kerr s story, investigators turned to forensic analyst robert shem. he test fired an hk-91 into a piece of metal the same
investigators found that sign with three bullet holes. to test kerr s story, investigators turned to forensic analyst robert shem. he test fired an hk-91 into a piece of metal the same thickness as the road sign. then using a rubber-like casting substance called microsil, he made impressions of the bullet holes in the road sign and those produced by his test firing of the same type of gun. the castings were compared under a microscope. once i removed the rubber, i was able to establish that the holes in the sign were indeed 0.30 caliber, and they possessed the same rifling characteristics as an hk-91. the test proved kerr s claim that the boys were using an