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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He needed that like he needed a hole in his head.... oh, wait...
This qualifies as being a game of Russian roulette
One of them, anyway.
I’d say this gives Florida man a run for his money.
Death wish vs attempted simultaneous double suicide...experienced fighters don’t mess around high power rifles...unless they both went crazy at the same time ...
Drugs/alcohol maybe ...
Somewhere there’s a police officer who had to ask, “You did WHAT?”
Was ready to say they would have been sent back to day 1 of boot camp for eben pointing a weapon at another person, then saw this was Royal Marines.
How much alcohol was involved? Too stupid for words.
Tell me they are Rednecks without saying rednecks.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Darwin nomination in for 2025
You might be right!
It sure sounds like something two drunks thought was a good idea.
It sounds like one of the Einsteins was American and the other British so maybe something got lost in the translation.
This dumbass victim took a shot to the head. Just like the man sitting in front of Peewee Herman in the porno movie theater, in Sarasota in July 1991. Peewee was arrested for indecent exposure at an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida.
His career took a nose dive after this incident, and before it too.
This has the makings of a great Jeopardy question.
If you shoot your friends in the head, what do you do to your enemies?
God forbid men have hobbies.
And they were doing the shooting in the house. Where did the non-lethal rounds go? I think our collective IQ just rose a few points.
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