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Published: 2013-02-05 15:42:00
Updated: 2013-02-06 14:59:03

Posted: February 5
Updated: February 6

Man injured in Smithfield fight dies

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Smithfield, N.C. — A man who was critically injured after he tried to break up a fight Saturday outside a Smithfield business has died.

WakeMed officials confirmed Tuesday that Gerald Luther Burton Jr. 38, who was on life support at the hospital, is deceased.

Burton was knocked to the pavement as he tried to intervene in a fight outside Hookah House, a coffeehouse and smoking establishment at 181 Venture Drive, authorities said. Burton was a bouncer at the Hookah House.

Trenton Kyle Hensley, 19, of Old Beulah Road in Kenly, was charged with felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury.
 

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cchall70.........i know because a family member owns it!!!!!!!!!! and i am there almost every weekend.
sunshine41789
February 12, 2013 3:09 p.m.
sunshine41789...i know cause my newphew who is 19 hangs out there with his little buddies and they have been in a bunch there. and any place that he and his buddies hangout in is not a coffee shop...check into it!!!
cchall70
February 8, 2013 12:24 p.m.
cchall70......How do you know it has alot of fights??????
sunshine41789
February 6, 2013 3:31 p.m.
Mr. Burton was a security guard at the business. I hope they are forthcoming with murder charges against this guy soon.
donnied19522
February 6, 2013 12:58 p.m.
Hookah House is not a coffee shop. this is a bar. they have pool tables and they do serve alcohol. this place has had lots of fights and trouble. it needs to be shut down.
cchall70
February 6, 2013 12:47 p.m.
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