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My character is going to be shot in the gut (a couple inches below the belt line) and mortally wounded. He is CIA, has been shot before, and is the rather sturdy sort, so while he initially realizes he has been hit, he is going to return fire and kill his assailant before collapsing to the ground. As he does, he realizes he is surrounded by a pool of his own blood, and looks down to see that he has a serious/gaping wound.
I need my character to take one look at the wound, and immediately know that it's lethal and that he's going to die. I would like him to remain conscious for perhaps 5 minutes after the initial wound, and be unconscious but still alive (barely) perhaps 10 minutes after that when a second character arrives.
What's the best way of doing this? My initial thought was that he'd been hit by a hollow-point bullet, but my research suggests that a hollow point would form a relatively small entry wound, and either remain inside the victim or cause a larger exit wound? Do I need to change the type of ammo, or would it be reasonable for the bullet to have entered one side of his abdomen, and exited the other side causing the larger wound? I'm assuming that blood vessels were hit, and blood may be flowing freely or spurting from the wound?
Thanks for any suggestions!
I need my character to take one look at the wound, and immediately know that it's lethal and that he's going to die. I would like him to remain conscious for perhaps 5 minutes after the initial wound, and be unconscious but still alive (barely) perhaps 10 minutes after that when a second character arrives.
What's the best way of doing this? My initial thought was that he'd been hit by a hollow-point bullet, but my research suggests that a hollow point would form a relatively small entry wound, and either remain inside the victim or cause a larger exit wound? Do I need to change the type of ammo, or would it be reasonable for the bullet to have entered one side of his abdomen, and exited the other side causing the larger wound? I'm assuming that blood vessels were hit, and blood may be flowing freely or spurting from the wound?
Thanks for any suggestions!