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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Florida man wondered whether his bullet-resistant vest worked. ‘Let’s see,’ his cousin said.
You'll know how it ended, right?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/09/12/a-florida-man-wondered-whether-his-bullet-resistant-vest-worked-lets-see-his-cousin-said/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&utm_term=.9546f3e71e35
A Florida man curious to find out whether a bullet-resistant vest was still functional was shot and killed by his cousin while testing the protective gear, authorities said.
Tampa police said in a statement that 23-year-old Joaquin Mendez strapped on the vest Saturday night and wondered aloud whether it still worked. Police said 24-year-old Alexandro Garibaldi picked up a handgun, said lets see then pulled the trigger.
A bullet struck Mendez, who died a short time later at a nearby hospital, police said.
Garibaldi has been charged with manslaughter with a weapon, according to online booking records.
Takket
(21,575 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)or both.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)I really am.
Warpy
(111,270 posts)sweeping the Darwin Awards for all time.
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)John1956PA
(2,655 posts)From an episode of the first season of F Troop:
Now. I will need one volunteer. One of you to test the weapon. That lucky volunteer will get a 14-fay furlough to Dodge City.
{Ensuing arguing among the troops as to who will get to test the item.}
Sergeant ORourke: Im the sergeant and Im gonna test it.
{Objections by the other troop members who want to test the item.}
ORouke: Now its final, I am gonna do it.
Visiting officer: Its a bullet-proof vest.
Segeant ORourke {raising his sidearm}: Thats it. Im gonna take this gun and fire these six bullets into that vest. Now, who is going to put it on?
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yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)Not that getting killed is entertaining but you know what I mean.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)Florida Man lives...no matter how many times he gets himself killed.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)quaker bill
(8,224 posts)Being a Florida man myself, and an evolutionary biologist, I am taken with the contribution.