Status Updates From Fatal Purity: Robespierre a...

What is certain is that soldiers from the Convention did burst into the room and, one way or another, Robespierre suffered a bullet wound that shattered his jaw. The most likely explanation for this outcome is a bungled suicide attempt. ... Robespierre, who had probably never fired a gun in his life, may have tried to do the same but pulled the trigger too soon with a very shaky hand.