The Kearns, Utah neighborhood where Dylan Treichel was allegedly shot by his friend, Ashton Jonathon Mann (Google Maps).
A Utah man reportedly told his friend that he could “dodge a bullet” — now he’s dead from a gunshot wound and his friend is being charged with manslaughter.
According to an arrest report obtained by KSTU, a local Fox affiliate, Dylan Treichel, 23, made the claim to his friend Ashton Jonathon Mann, also 23, while the two were hanging out on Feb. 2. Mann told police that he and Treichel were smoking marijuana and playing video games earlier in the evening when the conversation turned to guns. The pair changed venues to a detached garage, where there were two handguns. After Mann said that they unloaded the handguns, Treichel “said he can dodge a bullet.”
Mann, who cooperated with police during their investigation, stated that after unloading the guns, he aimed at Treichel and pulled the trigger. At that point, he told police that Treichel intended to “jump out of the way to prove he could move before the trigger was pulled.” He said his friend did this six times, both of them thinking the guns were empty — until Mann pulled the trigger and allegedly fired a shot into Treichel’s chest.
According to the report, Treichel told Mann that he had been hit and asked his friend to call for help. Mann immediately called 911 and tried to help until paramedics arrived. Treichel, who was unresponsive by the time police got to the scene, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
When police arrived, they found “drug paraphernalia consistent with marijuana use” as well as ammunition, and magazines for the handguns.
Mann was arrested in the early morning hours of Feb. 2 and charged with manslaughter and felony possession, purchase, transfer, or ownership of dangerous weapons by a restricted person. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail and held without bond.
