LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A child was among the tourists who suffered second-degree burns when a firework was thrown from a vehicle on the Las Vegas Strip last week.
19-year-old Jonathan Arriaga was arrested in connection with the Jan. 3 incident.
According to an arrest report obtained by 13 Action News, a lit, mortar-style firework was thrown from a vehicle and into a crowd gathered outside The Mirage during the hotel-casino's volcanic pyrotechnic show.
Two tourists sustained second-degree burns to their legs and faces in a shower of molten sparks from the firework.
"In fact, one subject, a young child, had their COVID surgical mask melt onto their face, causing facial burn injuries," the report states.
Detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan police department launched a "massive investigation" to find the perpetrator. Arriaga was identified as a person of interest and "implicated himself in the incident" during police questioning.
He was booked into Clark County Detention Center for two counts of battery with a deadly weapon and one count of throwing a substance at a vehicle resulting in damage.
Arriaga was scheduled to appear in court Thursday,
