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Fireworks weren’t the one issues blowing up on the Fourth of July as actor Danny Trejo was caught on digital camera dropping his cool throughout a parade in Los Angeles.
The 80-year-old “Machete” actor was making an look on the Sunland-Tujunga Independence Day Parade when somebody allegedly threw a water balloon on the traditional automobile he was sitting in, ABC7 reported.
Video of the incident reveals Trejo sitting in a white traditional convertible and smiling for photographs.
In keeping with witnesses, in some unspecified time in the future in the course of the photo-op somebody threw a water balloon at Trejo.
Footage then reveals Trejo approaching a person within the crowd and throwing a punch at him.
The person punches again, and whereas he doesn’t join with Trejo, it does ship the actor stumbling backwards and onto the bottom.
The person who took a swing at Trejo then punches one other man, hitting him and sending him to the bottom as properly.
A bigger melee reportedly broke out within the crowd, throughout which Trejo grabbed a folding chair and tossed it into the chaos.
Bystanders — a lot of whom have been making an attempt to guard youngsters on the occasion — rapidly moved to interrupt up the brawl and restore order.
Trejo is seen in footage arguing with a lady who seems to be making an attempt to carry him again.
Police have been referred to as to answer a battle on the scene, however the battle had already damaged up by the point they arrived.
No arrests have been made.
After the incident, Trejo spoke to TMZ, and referred to as the water balloon-slinger a “coward” who acted “infantile” by throwing it at his automobile.
He stated he was not injured in the course of the battle.
The ruckus got here simply days after the actor introduced his 16-year-old pet chihuahua Dixie had died.
Trejo is thought for enjoying robust characters on display screen. Previous to his performing profession, he battled with drug dependancy and hung out locked up in San Quentin State Jail. He bought sober in 1968 and, on his launch from jail, started performing.
He is had an eclectic profession, and is most lately greatest recognized for his function as “Machete” in a number of Robert Rodriguez movies.