Teen and friend test out bulletproof vest, friend dies from gunshot wound

18-year-old Taylor Ann Kelly of South Carolina has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after accidentally fatally shooting a friend who asked her to help him test out his new Kevlar vest, Gawker reports.

According to police, the two had been hanging out in a friend’s garage with about ten other people when the victim, 26-year-old Blake Wardell, came up with the bright idea for Kelly to shoot him.

Unfortunately, Kelly’s aim wasn’t the best as she missed the Kevlar, and shot Wardell in the chest. According to FOX Carolina, Wardell bled to death in the garage after people at the scene attempted to perform CPR on him. Paramedics were called to the scene but the damage was done.

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Deputy coroner Don McCown arrived to the scene to pronounce the victim dead. He classified Wardell’s death as a homicide.

He specified that there was no evidence of excessive alcohol or drug use.

With a bail set at $10,000, Kelly is facing up to five years in jail for involuntary manslaughter.

This is just one more lesson that should have never happened, teaching that guns are not toys.

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