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( Additionally, \olfer testified that he La test fired eight bullets from the Sirhan weapon into a water tank, obtaining seven test bullets. Wolfer had taken one of the seven test bullets and compared it to an evidence bullet and determined that the bullets in question had come from the Sirhan weapon. Wolfer stated that the Sirhan weapon was unique due to the striations. This was the process that causes a bullet to become scratched as it passes along the barrel of a gun. The bullet was seratched by the imperfections of the barrel and the bullet picked up these lands and grooves markings from the barrel when projected. And since different manufacturers of guns and bullets have dif- ferent rifling specifications, by looking at the scratches on the particular bullet under a comparison microscope, and also by looking at the lands and grooves of the particular bullet, Wolfer was able to conclude that the bullets - one test fired bullet and one evidence bullet - had been fired from the same gun. Wolfer emphasized that since no two barrels were going to impart the same _impressions or scratches on the projectiles that pass through them when expelled, therefore, these bullets that matched under a conm- parison test microscope could be said to have been fired from one weapon, the Sirhan weapon. Wolfer was unable to positively identify the bullet that actually killed Senator Kennedy, People's 48, as having been fired from the Sirhan gun due to the fragmentation of the bullet. But Wolfer testified that it had been mini-mag ammunition, and had the same rifling specifications as other bullets fired from the Sirhan weapon. Wolfer then described the trajectory of the bullets. a. The first bullet entered Senator Kennedy's head behind the right ear and was later recovered from the victim's head and booked as evidence. b. The second bullet passed through the right shoulder pad of Senator Kennedy's suit coat (never entering his body) and fFravaian ‘phat t- Bate! + fjlreine wriat st Qaherad J eh Fal ter f hie wPaveisca UPWaPrG SUPikingE ¥FiCvim oscnrage inf the cence: or nis forehead. The bullet was recovered from his head and booked into evidence. ec. The third bullet entered Senator Kennedy's right rear shoulder approximately 7" below the top of the shoulder. This bullet was recovered by the Coroner from the sixth cervical vertebra and booked as evidence. d. The fourth bullet entered Senator Kennedy’ s right rear back approximately i" to the right of bullet #3. This builet traveled upward and forward and exited the victim's body ‘in the right front chest. The bullet passed through the ceiling tile, striking the second plastered ceiling and was lost somewhere in the ceiling interspace. e. The fifth bullet struck victim Goldstein in the left rear buttock. This builet was recovered from the victim and booked as evidence. f. The sixth bullet passed through victim Goldstein's left pants leg (never entering his body) and struck the cement floor and entered victim Stroll's left leg. The bullet was later recovered and booked as evidence. g- The seventh bullet struck victim Weisel in the left abdomen and was recovered and booked as evidence. h The eighth bullet struck the plaster ceiling and then o struck victim Evans in the head. This bullet was recovered from the victim's head and booked as evidence. - 8 - " ww,