Overview

• Robert Spagnuolo, 70, was setting off fireworks at 34 Beach Street on July 4 when one detonated at close range, inflicting fatal facial trauma.
• Wareham police responded to a 9:19 p.m. 911 call, pronounced the victim dead at the scene and began securing evidence from witnesses.
• The Wareham Police Department is collaborating with the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Massachusetts State Police bomb squad and Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office on the investigation.
• Officials have conducted multiple witness interviews and are gathering forensic evidence ahead of the autopsy report.
• Massachusetts prohibits consumer fireworks without a permit and regulators urge licensed professionals to handle displays after hundreds of injuries and fires in recent years.