A 25-year-old man who put on a bullet proof vest and asked to be shot was killed yesterday morning in South Carolina.

Blake Randall Wardell had met up with friends in the wee hours of the morning at a house garage when he pulled on a bulletproof vest.

Wardell then asked his 18-year-old friend Taylor Ann Kelly to shoot him, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina.

Kelly agreed but when she shot the gun the small-caliber bullet hit above the kevlar portion of the vest and went into Wardell’s heart, killing him.

"It wasn't a fight. They were actually going to take a shot at the vest," Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown said. "They were going to shoot the victim with the vest on. And he was shot in the chest, just above the vest."

CPR was being attempted on Wardell when authorities arrived at about 2.40am; however, Wardell was pronounced dead at the scene.

Kelly was charged with involuntary manslaughter which could carry a five-year prison sentence if she’s convicted. She was being held in jail pending a bond hearing.