Kansas man falls from roof while shooting fireworks, dies

TOPEKA – A 26-year-old Kansas man who climbed onto a roof to launch fireworks is dead after falling from atop his southeast Topeka house.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Christen Locke fell from the roof after he was injured by a firework just after midnight Tuesday morning.

Topeka police Lt. Jennifer Cross says the call was originally reported as a fall but an investigation revealed the fireworks accident.

Locke was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.

This story was originally published July 5, 2016 at 10:03 AM with the headline "Kansas man falls from roof while shooting fireworks, dies."