Homicide by use of a pellet gun.

This report relates the findings in a death by use of an air gun. It is believed to be the second reported homicidal air gun death in the United States. The fatal wound was unusual in that two pellets were loaded in "piggyback" fashion into the single shot .20 caliber Sheridan air gun. The lethal pellet penetrated the brain. Current literature on air gun deaths and injuries is reviewed.