A woman charged in connection with the death of a man who put on a bullet-proof vest and asked to be shot has now admitted she lied to investigators, according to Anderson County deputies.Taylor Ann Kelly was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case but deputies said she is now charged with accessory after the fact of a felony.Deputies said Kelly admitted she was not truthful in her original statement and evidence confirms her admission and implicates another man who is now charged.Timothy Fisher, 25, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case, according to deputies. He is being held at the Anderson County Detention Center.The shooting was reported Wednesday on Broadmouth Church Road at 2:40 a.m., according to Sheila Cole with the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown said Blake Randall Wardell was hanging around with some other people in a garage at that location when he put on a bulletproof vest they had found.Wardell asked someone to shoot him, according to McCown.Wardell was shot with a small-caliber weapon and the shot went above the Kevlar of the vest and into Wardell’s heart, killing him, McCown said.Several people tried unsuccessfully to perform CPR on Wardell, according to deputies.

A woman charged in connection with the death of a man who put on a bullet-proof vest and asked to be shot has now admitted she lied to investigators, according to Anderson County deputies.

Taylor Ann Kelly was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case but deputies said she is now charged with accessory after the fact of a felony.


Deputies said Kelly admitted she was not truthful in her original statement and evidence confirms her admission and implicates another man who is now charged.

Timothy Fisher, 25, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case, according to deputies. He is being held at the Anderson County Detention Center.

The shooting was reported Wednesday on Broadmouth Church Road at 2:40 a.m., according to Sheila Cole with the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.

Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown said Blake Randall Wardell was hanging around with some other people in a garage at that location when he put on a bulletproof vest they had found.

Wardell asked someone to shoot him, according to McCown.

Wardell was shot with a small-caliber weapon and the shot went above the Kevlar of the vest and into Wardell’s heart, killing him, McCown said.

Several people tried unsuccessfully to perform CPR on Wardell, according to deputies.