CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - Outfitted with blood patterns, bullet holes and shell casings, a classroom was transformed into a crime scene for students to learn how to track a killer.
This is close to real life. You're seeing the weapon discharge, the energy, the power down-range, actually everything you would find as part of a crime scene," started Professor Jeffrey Scott, in front of his students.
Professor Scott led the lecture far from the confines of a classroom; instead, holding class at the Conway Police Department Firearms Range.
As officers loaded their guns, Professor Scott loaded a cardboard box up with a sponge soaked in fake blood.
Understand about blood, the dynamics of blood, what the blood tells us at every crime scene, especially the story it tells," he told his students.
Every gunshot tells a story. The marks left behind fill the blanks for the students and the clues that could capture a criminal.
This is the first time the professor has held such a training.
It is part of the HGTCs Crime Scene Investigation Program and allowed students to reconstruct a shooting crime scene while analyzing blood splatter.
Three different caliber guns were used at different distances from the blood-soaked sponge.
You're seeing all three dynamics and there should be a difference between them," explained Professor Scott to his students, as they eagerly leaned in to examine the scene.
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Blood patterns & Bullet holes: students take CSI class to next level