A detective discovers a gun that fired a bullet, but the bullet is missing from the crime scene. How can this be explained?
Category: Mystery · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Think about what happens after a shot is fired.
Answer
The bullet was retrieved after the shot was fired.
Explanation
The shooter may have retrieved the bullet, either to hide evidence or for some other purpose, before the detective arrived.
This is a hard mystery riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is The bullet was retrieved after the shot was fired..
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