By Luke Kenton For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:48 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 20:48 GMT, 14 February 2019
View
comments
Parker Ray Lynch (pictured), 25, was killed on Monday by a friend who shot him in the stomach with a rifle, in an alleged bulletproof vest test gone wrong
A man has been killed in Arizona after he allegedly asked his friend to shoot at his bulletproof vest to test it's effectiveness, police say.
Parker Ray Lynch, 25, died on Monday evening after his friend Steven Watson pulled the trigger of his .223 rifle and shot him in the stomach.
Lynch was said to be in a tree-lined area, near the town of Central with two friends when the fatal shooting occurred.
According to the Graham County Sheriff's office, Lynch put on the ballistic vest and goaded his friends to fire at it.
Accepting the challenge, Watson fired one round to Lynch's stomach in the early hours of Monday morning.
Police haven't yet revealed if the bullet penetrated the vest or missed it entirely.
