I can't make this style of stuff up.. smh people are willing to do anything to get a little notoriety. Even putting on a bulletproof vest and ask your best friend to shoot you just to record it for social media.
Fox Baltimore reported this tragic story that left many of us in total disbelief. What appears to be a silly game among friends went terribly wrong -- the killing was caught on camera.
Darnell Mitchell strapped on a bulletproof vest and told his friend Mark Ramiro to shoot him in the chest. Another friend used a camera to record everything, hoping the video would go viral online.
But instead, Ramiro aimed too high: a bullet hit Mitchell in his upper chest, killing him. It happened July 2014 in the basement of a rowhouse on Cedley Street.
Last week, a judge sentenced Ramiro to four years in prison for the fatal stunt, following a guilty plea to second-degree murder last year. It's a shooting that's still resonating among neighbors on the block where it happened.
"Honestly, I think the four years should be served," said Taiwan Harris. "It was an accident, even though it was a stupid mistake," said Harris.
Ramiro's attorney wanted his client to be spared jail because he says he's suffered enough, but prosecutors say a message needed to be sent to people who post reckless videos online.
ForeverMeah says...
(all jokes aside) no matter how stupid I think this prank was - someone lost their life. Let's do better people. RIP Darnell.
