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"White Trash Roulette" nets one fatality
I couldn't call it "Russian Roulette" so I made up my own term.A man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting his friend through a protective vest on an apparent dare, police said. Alexander Joseph Swandic, 20, died of a gunshot wound to the heart Monday after donning a protective vest and asking David John Hueth, 30, to shoot him, police said. Hueth initially told police that Swandic's wound was self-inflicted, but later admitted to the shooting. The two had apparently tested the vest by propping it against a dirt bank and shooting it twice, police said. Just in time for Christmas--"He's propping a vest, shooting it twice, gonna find out who's gonna be iced." Police said the vest was designed to protect against grenade fragments, not bullets. Swandic was pronounced dead at a local hospital following the shooting. Hueth faces a preliminary hearing on Dec. 27. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. "Too bad we wuz fresh outta grenades. Alex'd still be with us." Posted by: Dar 2004-12-15 |
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