A 6-year-old Connecticut boy has been left with third-degree burns to his face and other parts of his body after a prankster neighbor allegedly set him on fire.
Little Dominick Krankall remains in hospital after suffering horrific burns in what his family says was the result of a bully’s attack on Sunday.
“My little brother Dom has been bullied for a while by the tenants downstairs. It escalated to a deadly intent. Dominick, MY 6 YEAR OLD BROTHER could’ve died,” Dominick’s sister, Kayla Deegan, wrote on GoFundMe.
“The kid covered a ball in gasoline, lit it on fire, and threw it at him,” Deegan alleged. “All in the matter of SECONDS. Dom has second and third degree burns on his face and leg. He’s going to be scarred for life mentally and physically.”
Last April, residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut, were outraged to learn that Stefano Giacobbe, an eight-year-old boy, apparently set fire to Dominick, one of his neighbors two years younger.
The unfortunate incident took place while both boys were playing with a soccer ball in the backyard of a house where a container containing gasoline was found.
Due to the severity of Dominick’s burns, authorities opened an investigation to determine what happened. During the examination of the evidence, Maria Rua the mother of the burned child – blamed Stefano for setting her son on fire.
He entered the property and broke into the shed where he was able to get his hands on gasoline, lighters, and the tennis ball that he would later throw at Dominick’s face. The sister said that after the bully threw the ball at Dominick, he “ran away and watched him burn.”
A representative of the hospital where Dominick is receiving care, John Cappiello, said that the boy “remains in fair condition.” As luck would have it, the boy lived near the Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital, which is one of only sixty-two similar facilities across the entire United States of America.
Kayla Deegan was furious that her brother was attacked.
“(The assailant) has a history of bullying, and he has gotten away with too much. The mother thinks he is innocent. The family thinks it’s a joke,” Deegan wrote. “Even though Dominick can’t talk because he’s in a lot of pain and all swollen, he said to my mom, ‘Please don’t take me back there.’ This is extremely unfair and shouldn’t ever happen to ANY CHILD!!! We need justice for our little Dominick.”
AWM has more details of this tragic turn of events:
Right now, authorities have yet to press charges against the eight-year-old prankster who set the six-year-old boy on fire by throwing a fireball at his face.
Deegan spoke to NBC New York about the attack and how she wants authorities to do something to get justice for her brother.
“It’s heartbreaking, it’s sickening to know the family. There’s nothing being done about this,” Deegan told the news station. “This needs to be seen everywhere so everyone knows Dom’s story and what he had to go through, and the extent it went to for someone to hopefully do something.”
Dominick’s family is eager for their little boy to get better. They’re accepting donations from people online. They’ll put the money toward the hospital bills as well as toward finding a new home where they can be safe.
“It is not safe here. Anything helps, even a share. Thank you all for the support. I’m sure Dominick appreciates it,” the family wrote.
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Source: AWM
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