he suspect should be collected by oral swabs, or other means, and sent to the crime lab in the same fashion. The blood splatter DNA results may prove or disprove that the suspect was in close proximity to the shooting. The splatter pattern may show the proximity and location of the individual to t!
             he event. Yet, presence of the victim's blood on the suspect does not conclusively determine that the suspect fired the shot. This is where the offices should next look for the second form of macroscopic evidence, holes and burns in clothing.
             If the suspect fired the gun either while in close proximity or through his clothing, there will be evidence of this via holes and or burns in the clothing. When a gun is fired from behind cloth, the hot gases released from a gunshot will scorch the cloth that was near the muzzle of the weapon. However, if the weapon was merely within close proximity of the fabric, there will be burning caused by the hot gases escaping the gun at the joint between the frame and the cylinder of a revolver or the ejection port
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