Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
-When crime scene investigators respond to the convenience store, what trace evidence will they immediately protect from contamination?

Question

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All of these types of trace evidence (blood, fingerprints, hair) are crucial for the investigation and need to be protected from contamination to preserve their integrity for analysis.

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