Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Mangena testified in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Screenshot/Emilie Iob/AFPA ballistics expert told the court that Meyiwa was shot at point-blank range.
Mangena said that he noticed two possible bullet damages in the kitchen of the house in Vosloorus, where Meyiwa was shot. At the time of the shooting, Meyiwa was visiting his girlfriend and mother of his child, Kelly Khumalo. The shooting happened at Khumalo's mother's house. Steenkamp previously testified that Meyiwa was shot in the chest and suffered damage to his lungs and heart.
The court was told that Meyiwa was likely shot by someone taller, due to the downward trajectory of the bullet. The ballistics expert concluded that Meyiwa was effectively shot at point-blank range – because of the gunpowder around the wound and the scorching of the skin by the propellent from the firearm. The court heard the bullet that struck Meyiwa was the same bullet that damaged the door as it left his body. Mangena testified that the bullet deflected from the door back into the house.
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