Talk about famous last words …
Investigators, a w.itness and friends are revealing the harrowing accounts of the first recorded fatal alligator attack in Texas and more about the victim.A justice of the peace tells KFDM News Tommie Woodward, 28, is from St. Louis, but moved to Orange with his twin brother. He’s worked in the shipyards the past few years.
“One minute he’s there and then the next minute he’s gone,” Michelle Wright said.
What started as a night of fun at Burkhart’s Marina in Orange ended with the fatal attack early Friday morning.
“I asked him please do not go swimming, there’s a bigger alligator out here, just please stay out of the water,” Wright, an employee at the restaurant, said.
Workers report they spotted a ten-foot gator in the waters of Adams Bayou this week, prompting them to post a warning sign reading “No Swimming Alligators.”
Investigators said Woodward didn’t pay attention to the posted warnings and pleas from Wright.
“He said blank the alligators and thereupon jumped into the water,” Orange County Justice of the Peace Rodney Price said.
Price said the 28-year old was almost immediately attacked
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UPDATE
I don’t believe the word “accident” quite fits
A 22-year-old man died on Saturday night in Maine as a result of a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July, officials said.Devon Staples, 22, was killed instantly in Calais, Maine, after he put a fireworks mortar on his head, marking the first death since the state legalized fireworks two years ago, NBC-affiliate WCSH6 reports. Staples had been drinking with friends when the incident occurred at approximately 10 p.m. ET, according to Maine Public Safety spokesperson Steve McCausland.
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