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Posted on 09/03/2025 9:31:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
A shooting game between two friends in Texas has taken a tragic turn, with one dead and the other arrested for his murder.
Sean O'Donnell, 37, and Aaron Prout, 34, were taking turns shooting at each other with a rifle while wearing a kevlar helmet inside a Houston home on August 17.
The game unfolded at a home on Pennington Hills Drive in the northern outskirts of the city, but it went horribly wrong when O'Donnell allegedly fatally shot Prout, an English military veteran.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies were called to the home and 'found an adult male who sustained what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head'.
'He was transported to a hospital, but subsequently died from his injuries,' Gonzalez said.
He added that Prout was a British expat living in Houston, while O'Donnell owns the property where the shooting took place.
'Hard to believe two, so-called friends, would take turns shooting at each other wearing a kevlar helmet, inside a house in a residential neighborhood, while using a rifle,' Gonzalez said.
He added that the incident was initially recorded as a potential suicide, but 'things weren't adding up'.
'With thorough follow-up investigation, the truth was ultimately revealed,' Gonzalez said.
Officials did not disclose the type of rifle which was used or the distance between the two friends at the time the deadly trigger was pulled.
It's unclear whether the bullet missed the ballistic helmet, or if it penetrated through the armor.
A heartbroken relative of Prout's said he served in the British Royal Marines for 10 years before moving to Texas, 'the place he was happy and loved'.
'The passing of Aaron has left me totally heartbroken, this was the worst news I have ever received,' the relative wrote on Facebook.
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Here, hold muh beer.
Glad our Marines would have just ate the crayons.
I’m gonna halfta go with “WTF”? here.
Both tragic and stupid. If you guessed white guys, you are correct.
I bet they won’t do that again.
The most basic firearm safety rules were obviously ignored.
Did they do a coin-toss to see who went first?
A Darwin Award given to only one of the two finalists.
Stupid is quite frequently lethal.
This is as it should be.
L
There can only be one......................
I wonder how that conversation went
Sean: Hey Aaron. I’ve got an idea. Let’s shoot each other in the head with these rifles I have here.
Aaron: I don’t know. I think I’d rather go get ice cream instead
Sean: No, it will be fun. C’mon. We can get ice cream after.
Aaron: Oh. OK.
Play stupid games...
There can only be one......................
There is no reset button in real life, people.
It’ll be manslaughter.
-SB
First thing I learned, drilled into me by a Marine Gunnery Sergeant uncle… “Never point a rifle at something you don’t intend to destroy”.
Second thing I learned… Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Third thing I learned… Darwin awards are real and often teach painful lessons.
Apparently, these two Jarheads ignored all three of those.
It’s a sad story and should not have happened.
BEST friends? wow
“A Darwin Award given to only one of the two finalists.”
If the surviving shooter goes to prison for life, with no conjugal visits, and is thus prevented from fathering children, is he also eligible for a Darwin Award?
Maybe both of them can get it!
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