"Last Rites" Tattoo
Posted on 10/15/2005 5:35:45 AM PDT by Pharmboy
"Last Rites" Tattoo
October 15, 2005 -- A man getting a "Last Rites" tattoo etched into his arm in a Brooklyn shop yesterday felt dizzy, fainted and fell head-first into a glass display case - slitting his throat and killing him, police said.
The tragic mishap occurred at 2 p.m. while Juaquin Leger, 28, of Brooklyn, was getting the tattoo in the Buzz Tattoo Shop at 61 Graham Ave. in Williamsburg.
Store owner Julio Ramos cried as he described what happened as he began etching the eerily foreboding tattoo on Leger's right forearm.
"I was doing the linework," he said. "I insisted that he sit down because he was getting dizzy."
The tattoo depicts the face of a devil known as a "Last Rites" style among artists.
"He got up and walked to the counter to get some food" that he had brought with him, Ramos said, trembling.
Others in the shop told detectives that Leger said he thought eating would make him feel better, police sources said.
After walking over to the counter, the witnesses reported, Leger blurted out, "Well, I still feel dizzy," and collapsed, falling head-first into the display case, shattering its glass top.
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I wonder if they do one called "Chick Magnet".
huh...huhhuh...huh...huh...
As many would say, "You just can't make this kind of stuff up!"
Didn't this happen to W when he was eating pretzels?
The tattoo does not lie.
He shoulda been packing his tat gat.
Well I just tried going to www.needles.com and I can't get through either.
So maybe drudge is taking a shower and isn't logged in yet.
Nope. Something's not right about this. Glass cases are made with rather strong glass. Think about all the things you've ever seen sitting on top of glass display cases, folks leaning on them, etc.
Methinks he would have to have weighed a considerable amount, been rather tall, and been stumbling pretty fast.
Those vaso-vagal reactions ain't pretty.
That happened to me one time. You should have seen that thing. SCAREY!
Maybe a homemade case.
Hmmm. I guess it could've happened the way it was reported:
http://www.displays2go.com/glasscase.htm
Scary thought: I'll walk a bit more carefully around retail stores.
His last right was to be stupid. We all have that right, Constitutionally guaranteed.
Sorry, I don't buy it. Sounds like the guy was getting a tattoo when some goons showed up and slammed his head against the case, intentionally or unintentionally breaking the glass.
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