Friends Take Turns Shooting Each Other In The Head Wearing a Kevlar Helmet until One Died

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'So-Called Friends' Took Turns Shooting at Each Other While Wearing Helmet — Until Things Got Deadly​

Sean Odonnell, 37, is now charged with murdering his friend Aaron Prout

By Ben Brachfeld

Published on August 30, 2025 06:00AM EDT
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NEED TO KNOW​

  • Sean Odonnell, 37, is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting his friend Aaron Prout
  • Odonnell and Prout were allegedly taking turns shooting at each other with a rifle while the other wore a Kevlar helmet
  • The incident was initially reported to police as a suicide, but authorities say things didn't add up
A Texas man is facing a murder charge after allegedly killing his friend while the two played a game with a firearm.

In what Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez called "hard to believe" circumstances, "so-called friends" Sean Odonnell, 37, and Aaron Prout, 34, allegedly took turns shooting at each other with a rifle as the other wore a Kevlar helmet inside a house on Pennington Hills Drive in Spring, about 30 miles north of downtown Houston — until things turned deadly.

Deputies responded on Aug. 17 to a call that was initially reported as a possible suicide, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on social media.

There, they discovered Prout, a British national living in Texas, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to the hospital but could not be saved.

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"Things weren't adding up" with the suicide story, Gonzalez said. Eventually, detectives charged Odonnell with murder on Thursday, Aug. 28 and booked him into the Harris County Jail.

Odonnell is being held in jail on a $300,000 bond and is due back before a judge on Sept. 2, according to Harris County court records. It's not clear if he has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

 
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