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Spent Casing / ATF Report

Casing caliber consistent with rifle. ATF examiner Samantha Karner testified she received only 4 of 7 recovered bullet fragments; her toolmark analysis was inconclusive — 'unable to say one way or another.' Disposition of the 3 unexamined fragments is not established in the public record.

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⚠️ Disputed by defense
Category: BALLISTICS
Evidentiary posture: disputed
Why this label: The ATF examiner received only 4 of 7 recovered fragments and her analysis was inconclusive — she neither matched nor excluded the rifle. The chain-of-custody question (where are the other 3 fragments?) compounds the evidentiary ambiguity. PolitiFact has rated the claim that this 'cleared' Robinson as False: inconclusive does not mean excluded.
Last verified: 2026-07-24
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