Man shot was wearing flak jacket, not a bullet-proof vest

[joseephuss]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/12/man-shot-was-wearing-flak-jacket-not-bullet-proof-vest.html


Man shot was wearing flak jacket, not a bullet-proof vest

TAMPA, Fla. – Police say a 23-year-old Florida man who was shot by his cousin wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest, but instead had donned a "fragmentation protective vest," also known as a flak jacket.

Tampa police said in a news release that Joaquin Mendez put on the vest late Saturday and "wondered aloud whether it still worked." Police say his 24-year-old cousin Alexandro Garibaldi pulled out a gun and responded, "Let's see."

Officers found Mendez outside the house with a gunshot wound to the chest. He later died at a hospital.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Im sorry but lol

 

[darthseinfeld]

What did he think it was made of? Super hard imperatable fabric from the moon?

There is no fortification in a Flak Jacket minus the SAPI plates.

Holding one, it should be very obvious to anyone it wont stop a bullet

 

[haleyrules]

Hard to believe anyone would take a chance like that. That boy must have had rocks in his head. Next, lets go out and crash the car into a brick wall and see if the airbags really work.

 

[Idgit]

Im sorry but lol

It's 'lol' if he asks his cousin to find out if the vest works, and he finds out.

This is just 'he was killed by a cousin who is a dangerous idiot.'

 

[haleyrules]

It seems like they are/were both idiots. I am curious to know more details...like where there witnesses to this "event". Did theshooter have some other motive...very odd to say the least.

 

[Joe Realist]

Geez - oh wait, its Florida..of course it is.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

What did he think it was made of? Super hard imperatable fabric from the moon?

There is no fortification in a Flak Jacket minus the SAPI plates.

Holding one, it should be very obvious to anyone it wont stop a bullet

The bigger question is

What did he think it was made of? Super hard imperatable fabric from the moon?

There is no fortification in a Flak Jacket minus the SAPI plates.

Holding one, it should be very obvious to anyone it wont stop a bullet

Would the Flak Jacket have stopped a German Flak 88, they both have{virtually}the same name so it must be true?

 

[dogunwo]

I don't find anything about this funny at all. They really could have thought they were bullet proof vests, and were ignorant on what one really looked like.

 

[darthseinfeld]

The bigger question is



Would the Flak Jacket have stopped a German Flak 88, they both have{virtually}the same name so it must be true?

Only one way to find out

 

[darthseinfeld]

Also why not just shoot the flak without putting it on?

 

[nobody]

Also why not just shoot the flak without putting it on?

So much this..or wrap it around a watermelon.

The shooter should be put in prison for the safety of humanity. Nobody that stupid should walk free.

 

[Supercowboy1986]

Also why not just shoot the flak without putting it on?

That's what I thought when I read the OP.

As ridiculous as it may sound the kid wearing the Vest might of been trying to build his "street cred." I knew someone in high school who did exactly that. He had one of his gang member friends (not suggesting this incident is gang related) shoot him in the knee so he could brag about being shot so he could "live to tell about it."

 

[Longboysfan]

Both dumb and now one dead.

 

[bounce]

To answer his question, no, it doesn't.

 

[Seven]

So much this..or wrap it around a watermelon.

The shooter should be put in prison for the safety of humanity. Nobody that stupid should walk free.

What's the chances he hasn't reproduced....................

 

[Seven]

Also why not just shoot the flak without putting it on?

My first thought but he probably already had it on and I'm thinking alcohol was involved.

Nothing says family get together like a trip to the emergency room.......................