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Friends traded gunshots in bulletproof vests
A man in Arkansas pleaded guilty to aggravated assault yesterday after he shot his friend while the two were testing a bulletproof vest in March, reports say.To get more news about hard bulletproof vest, you can visit bulletproofboxs.com official website.
On March 31, Charles Ferris, then 50, was drinking on his back deck with his neighbor Christopher Hicks, 36, when Ferris donned a bulletproof vest and asked Hicks to shoot him, police said, according to 4029.
Hicks obliged and shot Ferris in the upper left corner of his chest with a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle, according to the outlet. The vest successfully stopped the bullet, but Ferris was left with a red mark on his chest, police say.Ferris told officials he was “pissed” as he handed over the vest to Hicks, KNWA reported. He then “unloaded the clip into Hicks’ back,” police say. The vest stopped the bullets, according to the outlet.
Later that night Ferris went to the hospital and police were called to investigate, KNWA reported.
Ferris told officials he’d been shot by a man in a white suit while he was protecting “an asset” which he’d been paid $200 to do, 4029 reported.
Ferris’ wife, Leslie, told a different story, explaining that Ferris and Hicks had been drinking out on the back deck when she heard a gunshot, according to the Democrat Gazette. She emerged to find that her husband had a red mark on his chest, the outlet reported.Ferris ultimately confessed to having made up his initial story, police said, according to the Democrat Gazette.
Police say Ferris owned up to concocting the story because “he did not want to get Hicks in trouble,” the newspaper reported.
Ferris and Hicks were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, 4029 reported. Both initially pleaded not guilty, according to the outlet.
Yesterday, Ferris pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and possession of a firearm, KNWA reported. He was sentenced to five years supervised probation and 27 days in jail, according to the outlet.