A man in Tampa gets shot by his cousin when he questioned whether or not his bulletproof vest would work against a bullet.
23-year-old Joaquin Mendez had put on his older bulletproof vest and asked out loud to himself whether or not it had still worked, and that is when his cousin Alexandro Garibaldi picked up a pistol and said "let's see" then fired at Mendez.
According to the police, officers showed up to the scene about 10 p.m. on Sat and found Mendez lying on the ground outside the residence with a bullet wound. Garibaldi first told investigators that he had heard a gunshot and found his cousin outside who had been shot. However, inside the residence they found the bulletproof vest stained with blood and marred by a bullet hole.
The bullet struck Mendezs' upper body. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died a short time afterward, police state.
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