An Ohio preteen is facing serious charges after he allegedly poured gasoline on his brother and set him on fire.
A group of children were playing with gasoline and lighting things ablaze on June 14 when a 12-year-old boy doused his brother with gasoline and set him ablaze.
“[They] acquired gasoline and were throwing gasoline on each other and setting it on fire for whatever reason,” Clark County Police Lt. Kristopher Shultz said.
The victim was rushed to a hospital with severe second- and third-degree burns.
“I need a medic…He got burned on his back really bad…him and his brother were playing with gasoline and fire,” the 911 caller told dispatchers.
The incident was deemed intentional, and the 12-year-old assailant was arrested on charges of aggravated arson and felonious assault.
“Based on the circumstances of the purposeful throwing of the gasoline and the purposeful lighting of the gasoline, we did make one arrest…and he was housed at the Juvenile Detention Center,” Shultz added.
