Friend Killed On Dare After Bullet Pierces Protective Vest

[LincolnMcGrath]

OROFINO, Idaho -- A man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting his friend through a protective vest on an apparent dare, police said.

Alexander Joseph Swandic, 20, died of a gunshot wound to the heart Monday after donning a protective vest and asking David John Hueth, 30, to shoot him, police said.

Police said the vest was designed to protect against grenade fragments, not bullets.

Swandic was pronounced dead at a local hospital following the shooting.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4000243/detail.html

[babylonsister]

1. Oh, how sad, stupid, wasteful!

[tk2kewl]

3. wrecked a nice vest

:shrug:

[NV Whino]

2. Do I see a Darwin Award candidate here? n/t

[mcscajun]

6. We have a winner! n/t

.

[tk2kewl]

4. That's right up there with this one...

http://data2.itc.nps.gov/morningreport/morningreportold.cfm?date=04%2F23%2F2004
<snip>
Blake and the officers learned that Bennett and his roommate, Thomas Woods, both supposedly intoxicated, had made a bet as to which one could stay in the house the longest after setting it on fire. . . Woods, who won the dare, was found dead inside the house.
<snip>

[leans2left]

5. DUH, It always works in the movies.

[HEyHEY]

7. that's sad for so many reasons

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

8. Sigh him up...

and sent him to Iraq so that he can put on the vest and see what it's like.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4000243/detail.html
"Hueth faces a preliminary hearing on Dec. 27. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. "