Fireworks Thrown Near Another Homeless Person

     FOR THE SECOND TIME IN NEARLY A MONTH, FIREWORKS ARE THROWN NEAR A SLEEPING HOMELESS PERSON IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAPPENED EARLY MONDAY MORNING NEAR 6TH AND COAL DOWNTOWN.  KOB-TV REPORTS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT SENT TO THEM BY A VIEWER SHOWS THE EXPLOSIONS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SLEEPING PERSON WHO WAS NOT INJURED.
     BUT A HOMELESS MAN SUFFERED CRITICAL BURNS THE NIGHT OF JULY 11TH, WHEN FIREWORKS WERE THROWN AT HIM WHILE HE SLEPT NEAR HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SAN MATEO-CENTRAL AREA. POLICE SAY THE MAN NEARLY DIED OF HIS BURNS. THAT INCIDENT WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
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