Soldier killed after Jimmy Buffet song fight

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Soldier killed after Jimmy Buffet song fight
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 5, 2009 22:09:16 EST

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — A Fort Bragg soldier was killed after a bar fight triggered by an argument over a Jimmy Buffet song playing on a jukebox.

Steamboat Springs police say 37-year-old Richard Lopez and two of his friends played the song at the Tap House bar and two other people started arguing with them over it. The Steamboat Pilot and Today reports the groups were kicked out and that no punches were thrown inside the bar at about 12:15 a.m. Friday.

But police say Lopez was unconscious when they arrived. He was airlifted to Denver Health Medical Center and was pronounced dead Monday morning.

Capt. Joel Rae says police have interviewed two people involved in the fight but no one has been arrested.

Lopez was stationed with the Army at Fort Bragg, N.C.


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