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Alexandro Garibaldi (Photo courtesy Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office) TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest “still worked” was fatally shot by his cousin. A Tampa Police report says 23-year-old Joaquin Mendez put on the vest late Saturday and “wondered aloud whether it still worked.” Police say his cousin, 24-year-old Alexandro Garibaldi, pulled out a gun and responded, “Let’s see.” Officers found Mendez outside the house with a gunshot wound in his chest. Mendez died at a hospital. According to the report, Garibaldi initially told officers he found his wounded cousin after hearing a gunshot. However, police say a witness described Garibaldi shooting Mendez. Police say the vest was found inside the house with a gunshot. Garibaldi was held Sunday without bond on a manslaughter charge. Hillsborough County jail records didn’t show whether he had an attorney.