Crime & Safety
Boy Injured by Fireworks in Loma Linda
The incident took place around 2 a.m. Monday morning in a field near the Loma Linda and San Bernardino border.
A seven-year-old boy was burned in Loma Linda Monday morning due to fireworks.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at a field on East Wier Road around 2 a.m. after several area residents reported hearing fireworks. Officials say that two 18-year-old San Bernardino residents - Nicholas Ibarra and Jaliyl Vazquez - had met up at 1:30 a.m. to shoot off fireworks. At one point, the pair were shooting Roman candles at one another.
It was at that point the boy was hit, officials said.
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Vazquez told Sheriff’s deputies that he had brought the boy to watch the fireworks go off. The child has a burn on his left arm, and both Vazquez and Ibarra were arrested on suspicion of child cruelty. Authorities say that Ibarra was found with a bag containing five alprazolam pills, and will face an additional charge of possession of a controlled substance. He remains in custody as of Monday afternoon.
