Mangione’s ghost gun: Are 3D printed weapons turning America into the Wild West?
A homicide investigator typically uses ballistics and serial numbers of weapons checked via a vast network of gun shop records, manufacturer IDs and crime databases. But those sleuthing tactics are fast becoming old-school science as a new era of weapons increasingly hits the nation's streets: untraceable 3D-printed guns and silencers like the ones found this week on suspected killer Luigi Mangione.