# Why do police think those two photos are the same person (Thompson murder)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-think-those-two-photos-are-the-same-person-thompson-murder/1011312 "2024-12-07T16:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-think-those-two-photos-are-the-same-person-thompson-murder/1011312/35 "2024-12-08T15:39:32Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The handgun has been identified as a Veterinary Pistol, used to put down farm animals. > [@Musicat](#): > > I am far from a gun expert, but I believe the gun did not jam, but since it is not a full-automatic, has to have the bolt pulled from the rear after a shot, rotated about a 1/4 turn, then pushed back in place to be ready to fire. At first glance, that might look like a jam-clearing action, but probably isn’t. > [@steronz](#): > > Here’s a gif, I guess that could look like he’s manually clearing a jam. He’d have to load the rounds 1 at a time. [Not a Bell Gun, a Welrod, a B&T VP9/Station SIX-9, or any other exotic “assassin’s gun”; this is pretty clearly a standard short recoil autoloading pistol with a large suppressor (which can be legally purchased in many states by just paying a federal tax stamp, and can be constructed by a reasonably handy person albeit with questionable reliability) that is experiencing feed or failure to return to battery failures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-2024-12-04/1011159/365) Stranger --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-think-those-two-photos-are-the-same-person-thompson-murder/1011312)._