Florida man dies after being shot while testing bulletproof vest, police say

[jpak]

http://www.whio.com/news/crime--law/florida-man-dies-after-being-shot-while-testing-bulletproof-vest-police-say/6dXZjK7uW4C6aPbaANIOOL/

A Florida man was shot and killed Saturday by his cousin after police said he wanted to test to see if a bulletproof vest that he owned still worked, authorities said.

Joaquin Mendez, 23, "wondered out loud whether (the bulletproof vest) still worked" around 10 p.m. Saturday at a home in the Tampa area. His cousin, Alexandro Garibaldi, 24, pulled out a gun and said, "Let"s see," WFLA reported.

Mendez sat in a chair and put on the vest, and Garibaldi shot him in the chest, according to police.

Police said Mendez was found outside the house with a gunshot wound to the chest. Garibaldi told police that he "found his wounded cousin after hearing a gunshot," but a witness said Garibaldi shot Mendez inside the house.

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[JonathanRackham]

1. Darwin at work.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. They Couldn't Put The Vest On A Pumpkin or Watermelon?

Then when the bullet hit the watermelon, they could say, "Well the vest didn't work. Let's eat!"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's kind of surprising that there are any Florida Men left.

[lame54]

9. It's like the opposite of the Galapagos Islands

[LanternWaste]

15. Numbers, percentages and ratios can be very confusing.

Numbers, percentages and ratios can be very confusing.

[Jim__]

4. There's probably a better way to test whether or not a bullet proof vest works. - n/t

[Kaleva]

7. V8 commercials just write themselves

[Kaleva]

5. He found out the hard way that there's no such thing as a bullet proof vest.

[Orrex]

6. He'll take a lot of flak for this.

[MissB]

28. .

[malaise]

8. Remember that's what the cousin said he said

Florida man can't respond

[sarisataka]

10. Rule 2 *sigh*

2- Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy.

[LanternWaste]

16. Seems voluntary adherence to rules is not quite the effective winner

Seems voluntary adherence to rules is not quite the effective winner the firearms industry wants you to believe...

[linuxman]

21. You could say the same for any rule, ever.

[rurallib]

11. I didn't see the words "alcohol was thought to be involved"

10pm on a Saturday night and you ask someone to shoot you? Thought sure I would see the words "alcohol was thought to be involved."

[malaise]

12. Maybe

bathsalts

[rurallib]

13. May I amend to say "drugs or alcohol"?

[malaise]

14. Of course

[SwankyXomb]

20. That's assumed when "Florida Man" is in the headline.

[rurallib]

23. of course - silly me

[milestogo]

17. Poor testing design.

[AgadorSparticus]

18. Something doesn't add up. I bet there's more to this story.

[Enrique]

19. i have an old parachute lying around

i wonder if it still works?

[ailsagirl]

25. lol

[linuxman]

22. Kevlar degrades and not all of it is created equal.

Something Joaquin and Alexandro found out too late.

[dilby]

24. Whenever a story starts with Florida Man I know I am in for a Darwin story. N/t

[lonestarnot]

26. Snort.

Arizona is just as bad.

[dilby]

29. I am from Arizona and when they start eating people's faces there

They might give Florida some competition.

[lonestarnot]

30. Yeah forgot about that zombie deal. LOL gross.

[Historic NY]

27. The only guy I know that ever shot himself, was the guy that sold Second Chance..

bullet proof vests. He did it routinely with a .357 revolver to prove it was life saving.

This guy deserves the award, but I think he's probably in the runner up category.

[spanone]

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