Florida man killed after asking if bulletproof vest works, police say

www.clickorlando.com ^ | Updated: 8:17 AM, September 12, 2016 | Staff

[Red Badger]

TAMPA, Fla. - Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest "still worked" was fatally shot by his cousin.

A Tampa police report says Joaquin Mendez, 23, put on the vest late Saturday and "wondered aloud whether it still worked."

Police say his cousin, Alexandro Garibaldi, 24, pulled out a gun and responded, "Let's see."

Officers found Mendez outside the house with a gunshot wound in his chest. Mendez died at a hospital.

[fireman15]

The government could, if it had the mind to do so, could declare your friend’s invention ‘National Security’ technology and ban its sale to foreign entities................

It is not my "friend's" invention; he is just a principal in the company. I am not sure what his title in. He was career Marine Corps and helps put on demonstrations. They are of course working with the government and of course they have restrictions on who they can sell their products to. They are already not allowed to sell to just anyone and any sale to a foreign entities would have to be approved. How do you think the Clinton Foundation got all of those donations? Currently, they are working mostly on selling their products to law enforcement agencies and our military. The difficulty is that the departments and the military all have made considerable investments in current technology.

[Daffynition]

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[Coffee_drinker]

A tree would have been a better test subject for sure, at a minimum you’re going to have some broken ribs.

[Pollster1]

“Yes.”

Thank you for that helpful analysis.

[Red Badger]

No mention of it.................

[Red Badger]

His equally foolish friend recorded the whole thing for youtube.

A friend will help you move.

A good friend will help you move a body...............even your own................

[Pontiac]

A lot of people think that Vietnam era flak jackets are “bullet proof vests”, that may be what this was.

Ballistic nylon not Kevlar

[xrmusn]

As Paul Harvey would say

NOW the REST of the story

Apparently HoseA put the vest on and asked the question.
HoseB pulled the trigger and it ‘stopped’ the bullet.
HoseA said - how can we prove that the vest stopped the bullet.
HoseB said - take off the vest and we will see.

And, that my friends, is how it all came down.

[FreeAtlanta]

And now filled with holes

[Red Badger]

I miss Paul Harvey ................

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’m betting that alcohol was involved.

[wku man]

Donnie, you're out of your element!

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho! God Bless Texas!

[Secret Agent Man]

In Goodmans case, replace Beer with Sammich

[Squantos]

Never buy a ballistic vest where ya buy roasted green chiles ! Man did I learn that the hard way .....:o)

[Paleo Pete]

I don’t remember who asked, but it was not a bulletproof vest, it was a flak jacket. I found the article in another forum earlier.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3785900/Man-shot-wearing-flak-jacket-not-bullet-proof-vest.html

Kevlar vest, flak jacket...big difference.

[Red Badger]

Ignorance is deadly...........