A beloved roadside waternelon vendor has died of his injuries after he was shot by a robber two weeks ago,. A longtime friend of John Materna confirms the man’s death Monday night after his family decided to remove life support. Materna was known by most people as Red the Watermelon Man. For decades, he often sold his sweet watermelons at the coner of Homer and Wayne, where he was shot on May 15th. At this point, the two men involved have not been caught, but they were last seen fleeing in a silver Infiniti with a paper personalized tag that read RETIRED.