A Puerto Rican man who was repeatedly shot and killed earlier this month has been laid to rest 'just as he was in life' in an extremely unconventional funeral, Russia Today reported.

Describing him as a 'happy and very active person', the family decided against a coffin for the funeral service in favor of a chair, sitting the man with his legs crossed, dressed in his favorite clothes and with a cigarette between his fingers. The funeral home also chose to leave his eyes open during the service.