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On Thursday, April 24, 2014, at approximately 7:50 PM, deputies from the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station responded to a call regarding a child injured by fireworks at the Paramount High School-West Campus, 14700 block of Paramount Boulevard, Paramount.

When deputies arrived they found a 4 year-old male victim lying on the ground suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries to his chest. Deputies also found scattered pieces of a plastic bottle near the boy. Believing the boy was injured by a chemical explosion, deputies contacted the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Arson/Explosives Detail detectives, who responded to investigate.

The investigation revealed that the boy, a resident of Downey was at the location with his family for recreational soccer activities. The boy found and picked up a two-liter plastic bottle while playing. As the boy ran across the baseball field with the bottle in hand, it exploded, causing minor abrasions to his chest and left forearm. The boy was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and later released.

Evidence recovered at the scene was consistent with a chemical reaction of dry ice. There is no suspect information at this time and the investigation is on-going.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Arson/Explosives Detail at (323) 881-7500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Authored by:
Kim Manatt, Deputy
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
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