The explosion produced splinters that fatally injured a 26-year-old man.
MEXICO CITY.
A husband died the weekend U.S during a baby shower because of the explosion of a bit Canyon used in the event in front of to reveal the sex of the baby, reports today the cadena CBS.
According to the report, cannon exploded when I was laid off Bee backyard of a House In the city Gaines Township, in Michigan.
The accident caused the device to launch splinters, which struck a 26-year-old man who was seriously injured and died in hospital shortly after, local authorities explained.
The victim was identified as Evan Thomas Silva, 26.
Three parked cars and the garage where the baby shower took place were also hit by shrapnel, according to the information.
Michigan police said the gunpowder placed in the device is suspected of breaking the barrel.
The gun’s owner had acquired it at auction and it had already been fired several times before the explosion.
Authorities have not provided further details of the case, but an investigation is ongoing.
Tragic festivities
In recent years, some gender-revealing events, where gadgets throw confetti, balloons or other colored objects to announce the baby’s gender, have taken a dangerous turn.
In September, a couple’s plan to reveal their son’s gender with blue or pink smoke sparked a wildfire that burned thousands of acres in Southern California.
In 2019, a homemade explosive device was also used to reveal the gender of a baby who killed 56-year-old Pamela Kreimeyer in Knoxville, Iowa.
The device was intended to spray dust, but instead exploded like a pipe bomb.
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