Posted on 12/16/2020 1:50:54 PM PST by grundle
A budding Florida rapper’s career was cut short Saturday when he died in a freak accident during what police say was an attempted home robbery.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Taz UFO (born Jonathan Hernandez-Zuluaga) was trying to break into a home in Lehigh Acres and was killed in the process.
Authorities say a window the singer was climbing into fatally slammed down on him.
Madeleine Marr Wed, December 16, 2020, 12:32 PM EST
A budding Florida rapper’s career was cut short Saturday when he died in a freak accident during what police say was an attempted home robbery.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Taz UFO (born Jonathan Hernandez-Zuluaga) was trying to break into a home in Lehigh Acres and was killed in the process.
Authorities say a window the singer was climbing into fatally slammed down on him. - ADVERTISEMENT -
“It unexpectedly closed on top of him, pinning him and keeping him suspended in air,” said LCSO spokesman Lt. Russell Park on Monday. “When deputies arrived, they found him deceased.”
According to local TV station WBBH-TV, the 32-year-old was dangling by his neck.
The father of five’s family has set up a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses. By Wednesday, the crowd fundraiser had reached $348 of its $5,000 goal.
“He was destined to be GREAT, beyond great at that, I know his close friends will ensure his music lives on,” wrote his wife, Patricia Duarte. “All he wanted in life was to make it with his music so his kids didn’t ever have to worry.”
Duarte is also reportedly pushing for an investigation into the Spotify artist’s death.
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Previous threads contain much hilarity.
Oh the pane!!!
Window was throwing shade on him
I’ll bet he felt sill-y.
My opinion cuts both ways.
It is unfair for that Home Owner to have a window.
Hope the home-owners don’t get sued by his dysfunctional family.
His rap career has been permanently suspended.
A GO FUNDME for a RAPPER ROBBER???? omg.
Deleted by a fatal Windows download.
Sounds like that is the game plan.
Someone has to pay for his death, heaven knows he isn't responsible.
Post the cutie’s picture.
Maybe in lieu of cash to the Go fund me the window company will offer the deceased burglars family some new windows. Lol
“budding Florida rapper”
Couldn’t wait for the royalty checks to start rolling in huh?
On a side note, I researched Lehigh Acres when we were considering moving out of NE Fla. Its a semi developed area that never caught on. One of the things that turned me off was what seemed like the potential for crime because many the homes are secluded with no one else in close proximity.....guess I was right.
The accident sounds like somebody ‘getting even’ in an Exorcist type of movie. The kind of accident that could happen to anybody, but almost never does.
Someone must have pressed “Ctrl-Alt-Delete”
So where do I get one of those windows?
Just watch.
The criminal’s family will sue for the unsafe conditions at the house that led to the thief’s death.
“Through no fault of his own, Taz UFO met his death because of an unsafe window. No matter what he was doing at the time, that window should have been safe. Burglary does have a death penalty!”
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