BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA) -- Authorities arrested two men after they took turns shooting one another while wearing a bulletproof vest, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Charles Eugene Ferris, 50, and Christopher Hicks, 36, were arrested Monday, April 1, in connection with an aggravated assault.
They were released on a $5,000 bond and were issued a no-contact order from the Benton County Jail on Tuesday, April 2.
Benton County Sheriff's Deputy Dorian Hendrix went to Mercy Hospital around 11 p.m. Sunday, March 31, to investigate a male who had been shot multiple times while wearing a bulletproof vest, according to the affidavit.
Hendrix interviewed Ferris, who had a red spot on his chest, the affidavit states.
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ReplyDeleteA waste of our money.
ReplyDeleteYou know there was probably multiple fenceposts to hang the vest on in order to test it.
ReplyDeleteDarwin is smiling down on these two.
I wonder if it ever crossed their minds that the vest might FAIL the test. Idiots
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness, alcohol was involved; just a coupla good old boys raising he!!. Cut em some slack, just like Smollett. Maybe they could be hired as crash test dummies?
ReplyDeleteSo what, let'em shoot each other as long as we don't have to pay any medical bills.
ReplyDeleteLast words of a redneck,"watch this"!
ReplyDeleteUnless they press charges on each other, ummmm there is no crime here, unless it is one of those laws where you can't fire a gun in city limits or something...
ReplyDeleteI don't see the problem here. Either nothing happens or the situation cures itself.
ReplyDeleteArkansas.....anybody check to see if they are related to Bill Clinton?
ReplyDeleteWest Virginia
ReplyDeleteGet to the point .. which caliber penetrate the vest ????
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