The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Crime Laboratory Division (CLD) is currently addressing challenges that have led to a backlog of over a year for firearm forensics. Firearm forensics, or forensic ...

BERN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - It may look like an unassuming container from the outside, but inside it's a game changer for forensic firearms experts in Berks County. "This is the shooting room that is ...

The university said the goal is to help create a pipeline of trained specialists to work in crime labs at the federal, state ...

In any trial involving a shooting, there's a good chance that sooner or later the jury will hear testimony from a forensic ballistics examiner. Ballistics testing, and in particular the study of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A television in Baltimore Circuit Court showed a magnified picture of spent cartridge casings ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In Maryland, firearms experts will no longer be allowed to testify that a specific gun fired a ...

In a significant breakthrough, scientists at Maynooth University in Ireland have developed a new test that successfully recovers fingerprints from spent bullet casings. This achievement, often ...

POLICE have detained six people and recovered a handgun and ammunition during a late-night operation in Linden as investigators intensify efforts to track a ...

ANNAPOLIS ROCK, Md. — If you’re a fan of crime shows like CSI, or if you remember the DC Sniper case, then it’s a good bet you know about “ballistics evidence.” That’s where examiners compare the ...

For more than 70 years, ballistic evidence has helped police and prosecutors find firearms used in crimes. Yet despite its widespread acceptance as a law enforcement tool, the forensic science ...

Connecting a firearm found in Elm Creek to the man who is accused of fatally shooting Thomas "Tom" Niblo in his bedroom was the focus of testimony Monday in the fifth day of the trial of his ...