[WaltGraham]

A South Carolina teenager was charged with involuntary manslaughter after police say she fired a shot at a friend in a bulletproof vest, but missed the Kevlar and struck him in the heart.

Anderson County Sheriff's Lt. Shelia Cole said Blake Wardell, 26, found an old flak jacket early Wednesday morning in Greenville, put it on and asked 18-year-old Taylor Kelly to shoot him.

Kelly fired a single round from a small-caliber handgun at the vest, but just missed. Authorities say the bullet went through the lining and into Wardell's heart.

Story

 

[Tim Burke]

As Maxwell Smart would say...
or maybe.

Flak jackets aren't rated to stop bullets if she HAD hit it solid.

 

[TommyGunn]

ARRRRG! The STUPID!

....But I do feel bad for the family.

 

[spwenger]

It's Only a Darwin Award...

...if the fool dies before reproducing.

 

[IrishCop]

Spwenger, the article in MailOnline said...

"The victim's family told deputies that Wardell had a history of mental illness. He is survived by his father, sister and girlfriend of less than two weeks."

So, HE didn't reproduce...'course she can, I suppose.

 

[IrishCop]

As Maxwell Smart would say...
or maybe.

Flak jackets aren't rated to stop bullets if she HAD hit it solid.

Okay, anyone that can connect that story to Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86 of Control, is definitely my kinda guy!

 

[t-star]

I remember we were told the same thing about HELMETS- not the new style or even the m1 but the british piss- pot- well, we KNEW the 45 auto would go straight through , but what about the 9mm- so we stuck it on a board and let at it with the 9mm browning- well, straight through, and severe denting on both sides as ell- so much for bullet proof

 

[CaptainGyro]

I actually feel sorry for the girl. She was told (however improbably) that what she was about to do was harmless, made a bad shot, and took a life.

 

[Skeptic49]

Sounds like assisted suicide to this skeptic.
Geoff
Who wonders...

 

[Tim Burke]

Curiouser & curiouser.

 

[CaptainGyro]

Hmmm...

 

[Skeptic49]

Anybody know the law in SC?
Accessory after 1st degree is the same as committing the crime?
Geoff
Who notes things get confused when the law is positional.

 

[Diamondback]

Don'cha just LOVE it when the other team scores an Own Goal?

Detroit Thug Offs Partner When Gun Fires As He Pistol-Whips Victim - Bearing Arms

Thug #1 in the course of pistolwhipping a vic fatally shoots Thug #2 in the neck.

Gettin' hairy up there in the Motorless City...

 

[girlwithapinkgun]

((( Shaking head )))) STUPID
Wow! This is sad. What were they thinking? Why would you try something like that?????
The poor family. And the girl is now starting her life right out of high school with prison...not good.

 

[Charlie Petty]

Unfortunately being stupid is legal in every state.

The crime is involuntary manslaughter because there was no intent or malice. The DA should present the evidence to a grand jury which could either indict or not. If they do then there would either be a trial or plea bargain which could be anything from not guilty from a sympathetic jury to probation or short sentence.

 

[CaptainGyro]

All: the plot has thickened. Follow the link in Tim's post above.

 

[stand watie]

To All:

This reminds me of the Darwin Award winner who recently here decided to find how long a person could stand (just over the top of a hill) out in the roadway on Interstate Hwy 35N, without getting hit by a vehicle.
(According to his GF, the answer was about 3 minutes.)

According to the BCSD, the deceased was 23YO.

yours, sw

 

[Charlie Petty]

I should pay more attention to Tim...

 

[WaltGraham]

And along the same lines but less tragic...

Aloha Snackbar.

 

[IrishCop]

And along the same lines but less tragic...

Aloha Snackbar.

Now THAT made for a good week end! Thanks, Walt. :cryinlaugh::cryinlaugh: