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San Antonio man killed by fireworks after lighting one on his head
KSAT ^ | Julie Marino and Ben Spicer

Posted on 07/06/2022 12:08:08 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man was killed by fireworks on Monday night, according to the San Antonio Police Department. It happened around 12:20 a.m. in the 800 block of Harriman Place on the city’s Southwest Side.

The medical examiner’s office identified the man killed as Pablo Ruiz, 43. His cause of death was determined to be a head injury due to a fireworks mishap/incident.

According to police, a witness and Ruiz were shooting fireworks and had been drinking when he decided to light a mortar-style firework from on top of his head.

Police said the firework exploded from the bottom of the tube, piercing the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: fireworks; heyyallwatchthisn; holdmuhbeer
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1 posted on 07/06/2022 12:08:08 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Let’s not lose our heads over this …..


2 posted on 07/06/2022 12:09:34 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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Darwin...


3 posted on 07/06/2022 12:09:35 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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Darwin Award winner?......................


4 posted on 07/06/2022 12:09:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Natural selection resulting in a brighter future for humanity.


5 posted on 07/06/2022 12:09:42 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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Well sheesh....who could have ever expected that putting a directed force bomb on your head could be dangerous?


6 posted on 07/06/2022 12:10:39 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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...Ruiz had been drinking

If only there were some clue what went wrong.

7 posted on 07/06/2022 12:10:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hot headed.


8 posted on 07/06/2022 12:10:49 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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Charles Darwin, white courtesy telephone, please. Paging Charles Darwin...


9 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:07 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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RIP. He went out with a bang.


10 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:12 PM PDT by wattsgnu
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He was obviously way ahead of his time.


11 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:28 PM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

But it’s a bombshell!


12 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:34 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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I seen the warning not to hold them in your hand... but I never seen one that said don’t light it on your head. There could be a lawsuit here.


13 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:44 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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Wow, what a mind-blower!


14 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:47 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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Hold my beer……. Boom!


15 posted on 07/06/2022 12:11:53 PM PDT by windsorknot
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I’m surprised he made it to 43.


16 posted on 07/06/2022 12:12:10 PM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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It happened around 12:20 a.m..

'Nuff said.

17 posted on 07/06/2022 12:12:17 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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Yep... he died doing what he loved. Drinking beer and doing fireworks.


18 posted on 07/06/2022 12:12:27 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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Hopefully the man did not suffer.


19 posted on 07/06/2022 12:12:51 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Guess Pablo didn't read up about the guy in Maine a few years back who tried the same stunt - with the same result.
20 posted on 07/06/2022 12:14:00 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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