Firearms Expert Testifies No Gunshot Residue Found on Arizona Ranch Shooting Victim

Absent a bullet, witness says shell casings were ‘consistent’ with those fired from an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle.
Firearms Expert Testifies No Gunshot Residue Found on Arizona Ranch Shooting Victim
Accused murder suspect George Alan Kelly and his wife Wanda leave the superior court in Nogales, Ariz., on April 9, 2024. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
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NOGALES, Ariz.—An expert firearms witness in the murder trial of George Alan Kelly told a jury on April 9 that forensic tests showed no gunshot residue was present on the clothing of an illegal immigrant found fatally shot on Mr. Kelly’s property.

Aaron Brudenell, a forensic firearms specialist with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, also testified that the bullet casings found at the alleged crime scene were the same type of ammunition used in an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle.