ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis man is facing charges for shooting a friend in the forehead - even though the friend apparently asked him to do it.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/yXpHCg) reports that 18-year-old Matthew Pellegrini died Thursday, hours after being shot point-blank in the head. His friend, 21-year-old Kevin Beindorff, is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is jailed on $300,000 cash bond and does not yet have an attorney.
Authorities say the men were in a vehicle outside Beindorff's home Tuesday night when Beindorff showed a revolver. Authorities say that's when Pellegrini asked Beindorff to shoot him. Beindorff allegedly raised the gun to the victim's forehead and fired one shot, then drove him to a hospital, where Pellegrini died.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com