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Man dies after asking friend to shoot him while he wore bulletproof vest

A man has been killed in Arizona after he asked a friend to shoot him while he wore a bulletproof vest, officials have said.

Parker Ray Lynch, 25, died after Steven Watson fired a round into his chest.

Lynch suffered abdomen wounds and died in hospital, the Graham County Sheriff’s Office said.

The death on Monday evening came after the pair and a third friend had been firing a shotgun at the vest in the state’s rural Central area.

Reports suggest Lynch then donned the vest and accompanying plate in order to be shot himself.

This is actually a fairly common occurrence. It was even more common when surplus military flak jackets were widely available. As every GI knows, these will not stop bullets, nor were they meant to. Many a yokel did not know, though, and “hold mah beer,” became their final words.