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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 ...

The fatal bullet entered the car through the back window, hit the victim, and exited through the passenger side window. here, investigators got a lucky break. there was tinting film on the windows of the victim's car. >> had the vehicle not had tinting film, the tempered glass that was on the back window of the vehicle and on the passenger side vehicle would have shattered and probably been completely lost. >> the tinting film held the glass together. as a result, the bullet hole was still visible. shem took what was left of the passenger window and made a cardboard template, then recreated th...

Through the back window, hit the victim, and exited through the passenger side window. here, investigators got a lucky break. there was tinting film on the windows of the victim's car. >> had the vehicle not had tinting film, the tempered glass that was on the back window of the vehicle and on the passenger side vehicle would have shattered and probably been completely lost. >> the tinting film held the glass together. as a result, the bullet hole was still visible. shem took what was left of the passenger window and made a cardboard template, then recreated the bullet hole. he placed the temp...

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 ea...

Hk-91 that day. but could investigators prove the shooting was intentional? the fatal bullet entered the car through the back window, hit the victim, and exited through the passenger side window. here, investigators got a lucky break. there was tenting film on the windows of the victim's car. >> had the vehicle not had tinting film, the tempered glass that was on the back window of the vehicle and on the passenger side vehicle would have shattered and probably been completely lost. >> the tenting film held the glass together. as a result, the bullet hole was still visible. shem took what was l...