Soldier Uses Gun to Scare Another Soldier With Hiccups, Accidentally Shoots Him in the Face

[MindMover]

There's nothing worse than the hiccups, except maybe getting shot in the face.

Soldier Isaac Young was suffering from a bad case of the hiccups when fellow soldier Patrick Myers tried to scare them out of him with a handgun. But rather than just spook Young, Myers' gun discharged, hitting the other man in the face and killing him.

Myers is a soldier at Fort Hood, as was Young at the time of his death.

Killeen, Texas Police Department spokesperson Carroll Smith explained the fairly straightforward case.

http://gawker.com/5946463/soldier-uses-gun-to-scare-another-soldier-with-hiccups-accidentally-shoots-him-in-the-face

[defacto7]

1. I guess the military needs to do a little better job..

of teaching respect for weapons. Too much stupid in the world.

[Javaman]

2. "Myers is a soldier at Fort Hood, as was Young at the time of his death."

not old?

or was it a case of mistaken identity?