Background aims: The present study is aimed at outlining the profile of deaths due to firearm injuries in Manipur and to have an idea about the occurrence of deaths due to firearm injuries. Materials and methods: Study design is a cross-sectional retrospective study. All the cases of firearm fatalities brought to the Mortuary, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, JNIMS, Porompat, Imphal, Manipur, from January 2015 to December 2019, a complete 5-year period, were included in the study. Ethical clearance was taken from IEC JNIMS, Imphal. Results: Out of the total 997 cases brought for autopsy during the period, 100 cases (10.03%) were deaths due to firearm injury. The most frequent age groups were 21-30 and 31-40 years, with 32% and 41%, respectively. Among the victims, 94% were males and 06% were females. In terms of manner of death, 87% of the cases were homicidal, followed by 10% suicidal and 3% accidental. Rifled firearms were used in 95% of the cases, and multiple shots were present in 58% of the cases. Most of the victims were civilians (41%). Conclusion: In the present study, most of the victims were males of the productive age group with multiple shots, and most of them were homicide deaths, with rifled firearms being used in most of the cases.

Keywords: firearm injury, firearm fatalities, rifled firearm, homicidal, suicidal.