There's no reason to expect finger prints on bullet. Bullet is very small part of cartridge.

Fingerprints can be recovered from fired bullet casings: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jun/03/fingerprints.bullets

do you know what a bullet casing is?

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A bullet casing is the same as a cartridge. The article I linked literally has in the title "Fingerprints can be recovered from fired bullet casings" and that article is from 8 years ago. You honestly don't think it's possible with multiple sources saying it is?

It's not impossible it's just very unlikely to get a print off the bullet.

Here's a photo of some .40 cal rounds before and after firing. The silver colored part is the casing, it's left behind after firing and can be a source of prints. The copper colored part is the bullet, it flys away faster than the speed of sound and typically destroys itself whenever it hits something like a bone. It's very unlikely a print survives all that and extraction from the body. https://cdn.outdoorhub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hornady-Critical-Defense-rocks-1.jpg

But the slightest chance of possibility still exists. Brushing this off as unlikely is the type of mindset that will never solve a crime

What if he was shot with a revolver? Doesn't the bullet casing stay in the revolver? So then the killer has the casing with his fingerprints on it. Right?

If it was a revolver the casing stayed in the gun until the shooter took it out. Could still be in there if he just dumped the gun somewhere.

But rumor has it it was an FBI issued glock 22 that was stolen from a mysteriously unsecured vehicle in the vicinity shortly before the shooting.

Okay, thanks for confirming this for me - about a revolver.

The bullet is apart of the cartridge. When you load a bullet into a gun you're still touching the bullet that is attached with the casing. When the article says "bullet casings" it's talking about bullets in general because a bullet is apart of the casing.

From ABC NEWS: Investigators using ballistic fingerprinting analyze a fired bullet or casing for scratches under a microscope. The markings, which — like fingerprints — are unique to each weapon, are then compared with those found on bullets used in separate shootings. The analysis can link multiple bullets to a single weapon and possibly, the shooter. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97862

i don't think bullets or fingerprints work the way you want them to work

example

Fingerprints can be recovered from fired bullet casings: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jun/03/fingerprints.bullets

But your post is talking about bullets, not bullet casings.

The bullet is apart of the casing

Yeah... but the casing doesn't fly thru the air and stick into a person.

The bullet is apart of the cartridge. When you load a bullet into a gun you're still touching the bullet that is attached with the casing. When the article says "bullet casings" it's talking about bullets in general because a bullet is apart of the casing

Thats like saying you can get a fingerprint offa my dick cause they are both attached to my body... You been watching too many Batman movies if ya think it is typical to recover a viable fingerprint from an expended lead slug recovered from inside someone's body.

From ABC NEWS: Investigators using ballistic fingerprinting analyze a fired bullet or casing for scratches under a microscope. The markings, which — like fingerprints — are unique to each weapon, are then compared with those found on bullets used in separate shootings. The analysis can link multiple bullets to a single weapon and possibly, the shooter. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97862

Dude, they pull bullets out of people all of the time and yet you're saying it's impossible to get fingerprints of them? They can get fingerprints on bomb fragments

If it was a revolver, then the casing stays in the gun, right?

Someone's watched The Dark Knight too many times

Ever think killer may have worn gloves?

And what if he didn't?

LOL! What if it was an ice bullet?? Nyah nyah!!

It's possible to get fingerprints from a bullet, multiple sources say this. But even without fingerprints, you can still find the type of gun used by examining the bullet: http://forensicoutreach.com/library/6-remarkable-ways-guns-can-be-linked-to-a-crime-scene/

you can still find the type of gun used by examining the bullet

You better tell the DC MPD that. I doubt they are aware of that kind of thing.

Username checks out. How's the Jade Helm thing going, Sherlock?

What bullet? Mossad agent in new country using new alias. Likely French speaking region since that's his 2nd language.

Nitrile gloves, load magazine, load weapon, fire weapon. Do you think that a person who is trained to not be detected is going to eat chicken wings while loading a weapon that will be used to assassinate someone? Noob mistake.

They should have removed away all sidewalks in the area to comb them for DNA, the shooter might have shed some skin cells.

do you know what a bullet casing is?

this tweet does not apply.

Okay, thanks for confirming this for me - about a revolver.