Two Arkansas men have been arrested for ‘testing’ bullet-proof vests on each other.
Charles Eugene Ferris and Christopher Hicks were both arrested Sunday in connection with aggravated assault. Ferris’ wife told investigators that her husband and Hicks shot each other while drinking on the back porch of their home.
Ferris said he had been wearing the vest when he asked Hicks to shoot him with a .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle. The vest stopped the bullet, but still hurt and left a mark on his chest.
Ferris, now “pissed” because he was hurting from the shot, “unloaded the clip into Christopher’s back,” according to the affidavit.
Hicks’ only suffered bruising from the gunshots. Hicks and Ferris are free on $5,000 bonds.
