{"id":170986,"date":"2025-08-24T05:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/170986\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T05:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:50:10","slug":"comedian-henry-cruz-killed-in-dallas-hit-and-run-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/170986\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Henry Cruz killed in Dallas hit-and-run, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Cruz was walking with his friends from Deep Ellum towards downtown when he was struck by a car. The driver left the scene. Cruz died at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>DALLAS, Texas \u2014 Friends are remembering the life of Dallas comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkscomedyclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Henry Cruz<\/a>, whose laughter and stage presence filled the room.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz performed his last set on Friday night at Shark\u2019s Comedy Club in downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf friends could be your soulmate\u2026 he was definitely one of mine,\u201d said one of his best friends, Sagan Butler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe made you feel comfortable laughing at his shortcomings and his faults, and that\u2019s the mark of a good comedian,\u201d said Noah Robertson, owner of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson said he gave Cruz his first on-stage gig nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Both friends described Cruz as someone who made everyone feel welcome, often turning his own struggles into punchlines that brought comfort to others.<\/p>\n<p>The two were both with Cruz early Saturday morning, around 2 a.m., walking from Deep Ellum towards downtown after the show.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas police said that\u2019s when a driver came off an exit ramp and hit him. The driver left the scene. Cruz was rushed to the hospital, where he later died.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bf80b757-d8d7-4985-8ddb-f06d0fdbfaf2_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bf80b757-d8d7-4985-8ddb-f06d0fdbfaf2_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grieving him, and my first instinct was to pick up the phone and call him,\u201d Butler added.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz\u2019s friends have leaned on each other, rewatching old performance videos and replaying the moments that made them laugh until they cried.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re also making plans to honor him. On Aug. 30, Shark\u2019s Comedy Club will host a memorial show to celebrate Cruz\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve also created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/henry-cruz-memorial-fund?attribution_id=sl:d03924a1-95ce-40c8-b22c-bfc6235ed15a&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1755975911&amp;utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&amp;utm_content=amp13_c&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">GoFundMe<\/a> to help Cruz\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>Now, his friends say, he\u2019ll get more than that; he\u2019ll be remembered with love, laughter, and a smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be talking about Henry for years to come,\u201d Butler said. \u201cWe\u2019re never going to forget about that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Cruz was walking with his friends from Deep Ellum towards downtown when he was struck by a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-170986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115082181148930189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}