Man dies after asking friend to test bulletproof vest

[Betallsports]

NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) - A South Carolina man died after police say he asked one of his friends to fire a gun into a bulletproof vest he was wearing and they missed.

The bullet hit Blake Randall Wardell, 25, in the chest. Friends were performing CPR when police arrived, but Wardell bled to death in the garage. The death was classified a homicide. The bulletproof vest was about 10 years old and the weapon was called a small-caliber gun.

Taylor Ann Kelly, 18, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting.

Police say that Wardell put on the vest and asked Kelly to shoot him. When she did, the bullet passed through the top edge of the vest carrier but missed the vest. Wardell and Kelly knew each other as friends.

The investigation is still on-going but Kelly has been charged and is being held at the Anderson County Detention Center. Bond has not been set.

Per South Carolina State Law, Involuntary Manslaughter or Criminal Negligence is defined as the reckless disregard of the safety of others. A person convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter may be imprisoned for up to five years.

 

[seldomseen]

Shouldn't have trusted a woman to shoot straight.

 

[MattyMatt]

Yea this happened like a month ago about 35 min from my house. Claimed no drugs etc involved, but it happened about 230 in the morn and the girl looked methed out to me. There was like 6 or 7 people there too that could've stopped it. Ignorance at its best...

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/25511657/coroner-responds-to-honea-path-shooting

 

[Betallsports]

guess he didn't think to test it without wearing it. shame

 

[festeringZit]

guess he didn't think to test it without wearing it. shame

Testing wouldn't have prevented what happened here.

He needed to test her ability to aim if anything...





"Wardell put on the vest and asked Kelly to shoot him. When she did, the bullet passed through the top edge of the vest carrier but missed the vest."

 

[slapshot]

She didn't do it

 

[MattyMatt]

She didn't do it

Based on the small $10k bond for a manslaughter charge, she will be getting away with it regardless.

 

[slapshot]

Based on the small $10k bond for a manslaughter charge, she will be getting away with it regardless.

The other article said they changed some other guy who has a record she was covering it up

 

[MattyMatt]

The other article said they changed some other guy who has a record she was covering it up

Correct. Still same bond and charged with accessory the fact of a felony. Could still get same sentence, but won't, and wouldn't have anyways. Like stated, this is a town right down the road from me, and on the news constantly. Dumb as it gets no matter where it happened, though.

 

[nuckers]

so the chick was just covering but was it still a "test" of the vest that went wrong or?

maybe the us doesn't need stronger gun laws, the dumb are killing themselves off