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-Lurid Crime Tales-
2 Men Arrested After Shooting Each Other While Wearing Vest
2019-04-04
[USNEWS] TWO Arkansas men have
You know it's gonna be a good story when it starts like that...
been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after police say they shot each other while taking turns wearing a bulletproof vest.
"It'sh my turn widda vesht!"
"No it ain't it'sh my turn!"
"I'll shoot youse!"
"Go ahead! I got da vesht!"

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 50-year-old Charles Ferris and 36-year-old Christopher Hicks were arrested Monday.
"Stick 'em up!"
"Shay! Whuddish dis? A holdup?"
"Yer under arrest!"
"Fer whut?"

A police affidavit says the two men are neighbors and were drinking on a deck Sunday
"[Hic!] Pash me anudder beer, Charlie, old chum!"
when Ferris told Hicks to shoot him with a .22-caliber rifle while Ferris wore the vest.
"Yeah! Go ahead, Chrishtopple... Chrishtomater... Chrish! Give it a shot!"
The affidavit says the shot left a red mark on Ferris' chest and that he was angry because it hurt.
"Shay! Dat hurt! It ain't supposed to do dat!"
The affidavit says Hicks then put on the vest and Ferris "unloaded the clip" into his back, causing bruises but no serious injuries.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Dat does hurt!"
Court records don't list an attorney who could speak on behalf of either man.
"Yer honor, my clients plead not guilty on grounds of stupidity!"

Local television station 5News has more here, and the Daily Mail has photos of the idiots.
Posted by:Fred

#3  No beers were injured during this incident.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-04-04 11:19  

#2  Smart enough to use a .22 LR rather than the notorious AR-15.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-04-04 08:38  

#1  Volunteer crash dummies.
Posted by: Dale   2019-04-04 05:45  

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