Tests confirm that City Hall bullets came from Juárez
EL PASO — Ballistics tests show that two 9 mm bullets struck City Hall on June 29 and were not from an AK-47 as previously thought.
Police released the test results Friday, about five weeks after the bullets were recovered from the building’s south wall and ninth floor.
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Lowe said he confirmed with Mexican state police that 9 mm casings were present at the site of the shooting in Juárez.
A 9 mm bullet can be shot from either a handgun or a rifle. Police said any gun could fire a bullet at City Hall from about 800 to 1,000 yards away and strike it, with the exception of a shotgun.
Police initially said the bullets were 7.62 mm, which are used in AK-47 assault rifles commonly used in Juárez.
Now that the type of bullet used has been established, police have turned their attention to other aspects.
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