BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS — According to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Charles Eugene Ferris, 50, and Christopher Hicks, 36, were arrested on Monday for aggravated assault. <br />According to a probable cause affidavit, Benton County Sheriff's Deputy Dorian Hendrix was at Mercy Hospital around 11 p.m. on Sunday to investigate a man who had been shot while wearing a bulletproof vest. <br />At first, Ferris told po po that he was protecting a man he called his "asset," but then his wife told them what actually happened. <br />Turns out Ferris had been wearing a bulletproof vest for some reason while drinking on the outside deck with their neighbor Hicks. <br />Ferris then told Hicks to shoot him, so Hicks—being the good friend he is—obliged by unloading a single shot from a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle center mass.<br />Hicks then put the vest on, but unbeknownst to him, Ferris was angry about getting shot, even though he had asked for it, so what did he do? <br /><br />He unloaded the remaining five rounds into Hicks' back. Luckily, none of the round penetrated the vest. <br />Ferris was released from the hospital and arrested, while authorities went to Hicks' residence and busted him too. <br />According to the affidavit, deputies also seized the rifle and vest. Tango and Cash are due back in court May 13.
