A Death at Rangers Ballpark, and the Aftermath

By Jarett L. Warner   On Thursday, July 7, 2011, a patron at the Rangers Ballpark fell approximately 20 feet head first onto the concrete below while reaching for a baseball tossed into stands by Texas Rangers’ player Josh Hamilton. The decedent Shannon Stone was a 39-year-old firefighter. He is survived by his wife and his 6 year old son, who was with him at the game and witnessed his father’s accident. Mr. Stone died while being transported to the hospital by ambulance. The left fi