man dies testing bulletproof vest

[MSGT]

Hobart man dies testing bulletproof vest
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Associated Press
February 12, 2005



HOBART, Ind. -- A man whose friends initially said he was killed by gunfire outside a Gary liquor store actually died after he donned what he thought was a bulletproof vest and asked a cohort to shoot him.

A friend then shot Daniel Wright with a .20-gauge shotgun, but it turned out the vest Wright had put on Thursday was a flak jacket not designed to stop a bullet.

Wright, 20, was mortally wounded in the shooting and died later at a Gary hospital after two of his friends drove him there.

Three Hobart men who are now charged in the Crown Point man's shooting death said they concocted the story that he was murdered by a stranger outside a Gary liquor store in a panic after the Wright unexpectedly died.

Hobart police Lt. Leo Finnerty said Friday that Wright was going to join the military and wanted some battlefield experience.

So he went to a field in Hobart with his friends, donned what he thought was a bulletproof vest, and then told them: "Shoot me. I'm ready."

"He voluntarily put on the vest because he wanted to experience what a .20-gauge shotgun would do," Finnerty told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville




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[DesertFox]

Darwin speaks.

[Wolfcounsel]

"He voluntarily put on the vest because he wanted to experience what a .20-gauge shotgun would do," Finnerty told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville --from the link posted by MSGT

A shotgun is the weapon of choice of the enemy. Every dumbass knows that.

[tacitus]

Saved the government a bunch of money.

[JonECat]

Last Words: Hold my sign, I don't wanna lose it.

[Antigone]

Unfortunately, I had a relative die just this way right before Christmas. Kinda sucks.

[FBetts]

Bulletproof vest - not 100% bulletproof, remenber that

[Beowulf]

One Darwin nominee.

[DoctorDoom]

Memo to future testers: try the vest using an unliving support BEFORE live testing.

[PrezLeefun]

that is sick sad and stupid

[DeclinetoState]

I remember a few years ago a couple of guys in Canada did something similar with a bulletproof vest. Nobody got killed, but one did wind up in the hospital with some sore ribs.

Speculation at the time was that one of them was Yukon. :D

[tacitus]

Speculation at the time was that one of them was Yukon. :D

The world should be so lucky.

[TheBeast]

The best thing is it wasn't a bulletproof vest.

It was a flak jacket!


Still, regardless of the situation and moronity involved, it's a shame someone had to die from it.

Stupid person testing a bulletproof vest:

"I'll put it on, then you shoot me with the **** offiest gun you can find, at point blank range."

Smart person testing a bulletproof vest:

"How about if you wear the vest and then I'll be able to report the results if it doesn't work."

[TheRealLobo]

One Darwin nominee.

Did he breed first?