Trigger-happy game claims a new victim

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Michael Garcia, left, and Corey Hernandez
Investigation into tragic shooting is ongoing


Trigger-happy game claims a new victim
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 28, 2009 6:55:37 EST

Airman 1st Class Corey Hernandez pulled the trigger. Nothing was supposed to happen, except the metallic click of the hammer striking the firing pin.

Instead, the pistol fired.

Senior Airman Michael Garcia fell to the floor of his apartment, just outside Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., a bullet in his head from his own gun fired by one of his best friends.

Police called what the airmen were doing “horseplay.”

The men had been playing a game, one that tests faith and wills, one increasingly common in the military. Two months ago, four Marines received time in the brig for their roles in the death of a Marine killed in Iraq while playing the game, called Trust.


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