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By Chao Xiong(http://www sta� ibune.cor�/chao-xiong/10646266/)Star Tribune
OCTOBER 22,2015—9:41PM �
T�vo St.Paul men were char ed Thursday with murdering a man nearly a year ago.
Ronald D.Smaller and Br on J.Smith,both 24,were charged in Ramsey County
District Court with two counts each of second-degree murder without intent.
Smaller and Smith are charged with beating Eduardo Alberto Figueroa,40,so severely
on Nov.11,2014—Figueroa's birthday—that he died about 1 a.m.on Nov.12.
Figueroa had declined medical attention at the scene of the attack at Freddy's Tikld Hut
in Maplewood,and died at this home in St.Paul.
According to the complaint:Figueroa was celebrating his birthday with his daughter.
Smaller,Smith and a woman entered the bar.
Witnesses told police that Smaller was yelling into a phone.A band playing nearby asked
him to quiet down.Smaller continued yelling,so the bar owner and Figueroa to ask him
to quiet down.
The bar owner and Figueroa then tried to escort Smaller's g�oup out.Smith argued with
Figueroa.Smaller and the woman appeared to exit,but immediately returned.The
woman grabbed Figueroa's daughter's hair.
Figueroa tried to intervene,and Smith allegedly punched him in the head several times,
sending him to the a-ound.Smaller then kicked Figueroa in the head several times.
Smith stomped on and Smaller kicked Figueroa's head as they left the bar,the complaint
said.
Figueroa told police he wanted to go home,where he later died.
Figueroa,who had heart disease,died of fatal cardiac arrhytlunia due to the assault.He
suffered multiple traumatic injuries to his face,and had multiple rib fractures.
CHAO XIONG
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