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SEATTLE (AP) — Law in Seattle take released photos of the shotgun Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain used to impale himself more two decades agone.

Seattle police cold case Detective Mike Ciesynski is shown belongings Cobain's gun at different angles in v photos posted to the police section'south website Midweek.

The photos were taken in June 2015, added to the city of Seattle'southward figurer system March 3 and since then accept been added to the investigative file, according to police force.

Information technology's unclear why they took the photos final yr or why they're releasing them to the public at this time.

In this June 2015 photo released by the Seattle Police on Thursday, March 17, 2016, Detective Michael Ciesynski holds the shotgun which rock legend Kurt Cobain used to kill himself on April 8, 1994.

In this June 2015 photo released by the Seattle Police on Thursday, March 17, 2016, Detective Michael Ciesynski holds the shotgun which rock fable Kurt Cobain used to kill himself on Apr eight, 1994. Credit: Seattle Law via AP

A message left with Seattle police wasn't immediately returned.

Cobain'due south body was found in Seattle on April viii, 1994. An investigation determined that days earlier Cobain had gone into the greenhouse of his large home and taken a massive dose of heroin. He so shot himself with a 20-gauge shotgun. His death was ruled a suicide.

On the 20th anniversary of Cobain's decease in 2014, Ciesynski reviewed the case files and said he institute no new information to change the law conclusion that Cobain took his own life. He did find 4 rolls of undeveloped film from the suicide scene.

After releasing ii of the images in 2014, police released 34 additional photos taken at the scene due to numerous public disclosure requests for the images.

Cobain, who was 27 when he died, helped popularize the Pacific Northwest'south heavy, muddy "grunge" rock, along with bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Mudhoney.