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He wondered aloud whether it was functional. "Let's see," replied his cousin Alexandro Garibaldi, who pulled out a gun and shot at the vest, according to police. Police officers responded to the address in Tampa minutes after the shooting.
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They said they found Mendez outside, wounded in the chest. Inside, they found blood and the vest, which had a bullet hole. Garibaldi, 24, told officers he heard a gunshot, then discovered his wounded cousin outside. But police said they heard a different story from a witness.
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The witness reported that Mendez sat in a chair and put the vest on, wondering whether it worked, and that Garibaldi took out a gun, said, "Let's see," and shot. Mendez was taken to a hospital, where he died. In addition to the manslaughter with a weapon charge, Garibaldi faces a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
3 comments:
There's an update to the story. It was a flak jacket, and they aren't bullet proof or bullet resistant.
Florida Man is back!
Oh, I don't know about that, Steve! Let's see!
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