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 Houston police have charged a man in connection with the deadly shooting in a Heights garage apartment early Sunday morning.Jason Griffin is charged with manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm and felon in possession of a gun for the deadly shooting.Investigators say Griffin was at a party in the 300 block of West 23rd Street.At some point during the party, the victim, now identified as Daniel Barber, put on a bulletproof vest.Police say Griffin took out his gun and shot Barber in the chest.He was killed.Griffin left the party before returning to talk with police.His girlfriend told ABC13 he didn't mean to kill his friend. She said Griffin didn't even know his gun was loaded."He goes 'shoot me.' Well, he didn't think there was nothing in it, and he did. And the dude went '@##$ that hurt' and then he dropped. And then Jason ripped the vest off of him and tried to help him,'" said Mary Warstler.Warstler said Griffin was suicidal after the shooting and had to be treated for seizures before he was arrested. ||||| Man charged after Heights party-goer shot to death while wearing bulletproof vest 
 
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 A Rosenberg man has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of another man wearing a bulletproof vest at a party in the Heights, Houston police said. 
 
 Jason Griffin, 39, has also been charged with felon in possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of body armor. 
 
 Officers were dispatched early Sunday to a garage apartment in the 300 block of West 23rd, where a man had been shot in the chest. Paramedics pronounced the man him dead at the scene. Court records identified him as Daniel Barber. 
 
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 Police were dispatched to the garage apartment on 23rd Street early Sunday morning. It was not immediately clear if the bullet had gone through the vest or if the shooter had missed the vest. Police were dispatched to the garage apartment on 23rd Street early Sunday morning. It was not immediately clear if the bullet had gone through the vest or if the shooter had missed the vest. Photo: Metro Video LLC / For The Houston Chronicle 
 
 Police were dispatched to the garage apartment on 23rd Street early Sunday morning. It was not immediately clear if the bullet had gone through the vest or if the shooter had missed the vest. Police were dispatched to the garage apartment on 23rd Street early Sunday morning. It was not immediately clear if the bullet had gone through the vest or if the shooter had missed the vest. Photo: Metro Video LLC / For The Houston Chronicle 
 
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 Homicide investigators were working to determine whether the incident was the result of a dare. It was not immediately clear whether the bullet had gone through the vest, police said. 
 
 Griffin and another witness fled the scene, officials said. Griffin was arrested Sunday while being treated at a local hospital for what police called "a medical issue." He is still in custody at the hospital. 
 
 Griffin was charged in 2001 with the felony offense of aggravated robbery in a Fort Bound County court, according to Harris County District Clerk court records.
– A man was shot dead while wearing a bulletproof vest at a Houston party and police say they've been left to uncover whether the tragedy happened as part of some kind of prank gone terribly wrong. Jason Allen Griffin was arrested early Sunday morning following the death of a man named Daniel Barber. Per KTRK, cops say Griffin and Barber had been at a party together when Barber was shot in the chest while wearing the vest, allegedly by Griffin. He was arrested and has been charged with manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of a gun. According to the Houston Chronicle, police are trying to determine whether the men thought they were playing some kind of game. A woman who identified herself to KTRK as Griffin's girlfriend, Mary Warstler, said the suspect didn't even know his gun was loaded. What's more, Warstler claims that Barber told Griffin "shoot me" before Griffin allegedly pulled the trigger. After Barber was shot, Warstler said Griffin ripped off the vest in a bid to help the victim, but it was too late. Warstler said Griffin was so distraught following the shooting that he was suicidal and that he had to be checked into the hospital for seizures.