Table of Contents

1. Case Approach, Philosophy, and Objectives2. Working Shooting Scenes3. The Reconstructive Aspects of Class Characteristics and a Limited Universe4. Is It a Bullet Hole?5. Some Useful Reagents and Their Application6. Distance and Orientation Derived from Gunshot Residue Patterns7. Projectile Penetration and Perforation8. Projectiles and Glass9. Projectile Ricochet and Deflection10. The Principles of "Trajectory" Reconstruction11. Determining Bullet Track in Gunshot Victims12. Trace Evidence Considerations Associate with Firearms13. True Ballistics: Long-Range Shootings and Falling Bullets14. Cartridge Case Ejection and Ejection Patterns15. The Shooting of Motor Vehicles16. Shotgun Shootings and Evidence17. Sound Level of Gunshots, Supersonic Bullets, and Other Impulse Sounds18. Ultimate Objectives, Reports, and Court Presentations

About the Author

Michael Haag is the Technical Leader in the Firearm & Tool Mark Unit, in the Scientific Evidence Division for the Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department. Mr. Haag has held this position for over 20 years. In addition, he is also a member of the Albuquerque Police Department Major Crime Scene Team and a Blood Alcohol Analyst.

Mr. Haag is a Distinguished Member of the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE), is the Editor of AFTE News, Assistant Editor of the AFTE; and a member of the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS), the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENSFI), the Southwest Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS) and the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR).

Mr. Haag also conducts regular training, seminars and workshops around the world for the AFTE, FBI, IAI, AAFS and ASCLAD, to name a few. Mr. Haag was co-author with his father on the highly successful second edition of Shooting Incident Reconstruction, which published in 2011. Lucien C. “Luke” Haag is a former Criminalist and Technical Director of the Phoenix Crime Laboratory, with over 53 years of experience in the field of criminalistics and forensic firearms examination. He is the author of the 1st edition of the book, Shooting Incident Reconstruction, 2005 and co-author of the 2nd edition 2011.

Presently he is an independent forensic consultant with his own company, Forensic Science Services, Inc., that provides criminalistics services to prosecutors, public defenders, private attorneys, law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, educational institutions and private individuals.

Luke Haag has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley with subsequent forensic training at California State University at Long Beach, Indiana University, Arizona State University, the FBI Laboratory, the FBI Forensic Training Facility, and course work in Forensic Microscopy from the McCrone Institute.

In addition to Distinguished Membership status in the AFTE and the California Association of Criminalists, he is a member of the SWAFS, the AAFS, an Associate Member of ENFSI and past board member of the International Wound Ballistics Association.

He has authored and presented over 200 scientific papers, most of which have dealt with various exterior and terminal ballistic properties, effects and behavior of projectiles. His primary area of special interest is the reconstruction of shooting scenes and incidents.