Police: Tampa man shot cousin to test bullet proof vest (He died)

BayNew 9 ^ | Sept 11, 2016 | Staff

[Islander7]

Police say the incident happened Saturday night at a home on Gordon Street.

Police say Alexandro Garibaldi, 24, told police he heard a gunshot and found his cousin, Joaquin Mendez, 23, outside with a gunshot wound.

Witnesses, however, told police that Mendez had put on a bullet proof vest and mused whether it still "worked."

Police say that's when Garibaldi took out a handgun, said "let's see," and shot at the victim in the vest.

[Islander7]

. Garibaldi was charged with manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Oops!

[Old Yeller]

He wasn’t supposed to shoot him in the head. Stoopid maroon.

[Mouton]

“Garibaldi”

Wrong century, wrong nation.

[TheTopRead]

Classic “thin the herd” scenario... sad but true.

[Robert DeLong]

One less scum bag roaming the streets, and possibly two?

[Redmen4ever]

Doesn’t sound like he had criminal intent. Therefore, by reason of the Hillary Rule, let him go.

[The_Media_never_lie]

His last name is not Clinton; jail for him.

[dp0622]

Note to self: Cancel this on the “to do” list.

[Flick Lives]

Mendez was found outside. The vest was found in the house with a bullet entrance hole.

Has ballistics bothered to match up the hole in the vest with the bullet hole in the body? It is more than odd one would take the vest off of someone just shot. Wouldn't you first call 911?

[csvset]

Let's see

I'll put that down as a no.

[22202NOVA]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[SoCalConservative]

THAT was great, thanks!!!

[Terry L Smith]

So, now there can be a whole folder of the Hispanic version of the Cajun, “Hey! Watch This!’

[Scooter100]

I think they call this “The Darwin Effect”, ridding the gene pool of stupidity.

[2001convSVT]

Why didn’t he just place the vest on a chair and shoot at that. There is no reason to have the vest on a person to test it.

[catman67]

He probably had a plate carrier, but didn’t put a plate in it.

[Iron Munro]

"Come on Joaquin - Let's test it.
You know I'm a good shot.
What could go wrong?"

[BitWielder1]

Never put any part of your body in possible harm's way to test safety equipment.

[Reno89519]

He should have put this lower on his bucket list.

[henkster]

I guy I knew in college got his hands on a “bulletproof vest.” As a gag he wore it to a party and asked a friend to come stab him in the back with a knife to shock the people there. He was the one who got the shock when he wound up in the hospital with a punctured lung.

Some people are just stupid.