Man dies of gunshot wound 20 years later

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[TigerClaws]

On September 25, 2012, Lennard Lewis died at his home of a seizure disorder. On the surface it appeared to be of natural causes. That is until East Baton Rouge Coroner William Clark, M.D. began looking around for the reason Lewis had the seizure disorder.

The Coroner traced down Lewis's medical records and discovered that he had been shot in the head 20 years ago.

[ClearCase_guy]

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the Lion of Little Round Top, died in 1914 of injuries he received in the Civil War. He was tough.

[AnalogReigns]

Only a couple years ago, a relic collector died when a (still) live shell he had from the Civil War blew up in his hands. Last casualty from that conflict....

Actually I believe Civil War Gen. Joshua Chamberlain—Union hero of Gettysburg—died of war wounds some 50 years later, in 1914.

[DesertRhino]

Just as an interesting aside, in most states if you attack someone, they must die from the injury within a year for it to be considered a homicide.

[One Name]

When it’s your time- it’s your time.

[ClearCase_guy]

I may be off on some details, but in WW1, in preparation for a big battle, the British dug 12 deep mines under the German trenches and packed them with explosives. To open the battle, the British pushed the button -- 10 mines exploded, killing 10,000 Germans instantly.

The 11th mine exploded in 1955 (no one was injured).

The last mine has not exploded. Yet.

[Zhang Fei]

http://www.beneathhill60.com.au/background.htm

[trailboss800]

Some nutball will use this to argue that there is no difference between calibers. “See, a 22 caliber pinfire is just as effective as a 45acp. The man eventually died.”

[Tainan]

I've had a few Bros die in the 80s & 90s from wounds sustained in VN in the late 60s and early 70s.

I still have an occasional piece of shrapnel pop out. But I'm OK.

[OldEagle]

The long-time killer from VN is Agent Orange.

[Safetgiver]

There was a taxi driver in, (I think Pittsburgh) who experienced a bad neck pain. the hospital X-rayed him and the Dr. asked when did you get shot? Driver says ‘What? I’ve never been shot.” Found out 20 years prior, while as a rookie driver, he picked up a fare and near the end of the drive, he heard a Hell of a bang and turned around to ask the guy what he was doing. Guy said he tried to throw a firecracker out the window, but the wind blew it back in. The reason he remembered? He thought to himself “ I wonder if crap like this is gonna happen every day.”

[Zhang Fei]

I still have an occasional piece of shrapnel pop out. But I'm OK.

Do you set off airport metal detectors?

[Zhang Fei]

“The long-time killer from VN is Agent Orange.”

That may be a myth cooked up by a fame-/glory-seeking* EPA scientist. The Ukraine’s Yuschenko got 1000x the limit of what was considered the safe dose in 2005. He’s still standing. The Wall Street Journal’s Michael Fumento comments:
http://fumento.com/agent/dioxin2.html
http://fumento.com/agent/dioxin.html

* Think Piltdown Man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man

[Tainan]

During the 70s and 80s the buzzers did sound quite often. It very rarely happens nowadays. I guess the larger pieces are gone or migrated deeper. Not really sure.
I do have to explain it when x-rays are taken. But that is very rare. Most x-rays I get now are of other areas.