LOCAL : Gang Member Hit by Fire Bomb
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A 17-year-old gang member was listed in fair condition today after his shirt was set ablaze by a burning object thrown from a passing car, Burbank police said.
The youth was talking on a pay phone at Buena Vista Street and Victory Boulevard about 9:30 p.m. Monday when a car containing several rival gang members pulled up, Sgt. Don Goldberg said. An argument followed, and a passenger in the car threw a “Molotov cocktail device” at the victim. The device exploded in flames, Goldberg said.
The youth suffered first- and second-degree burns to his face, upper chest and back, according to a spokeswoman for Sherman Oaks Community Hospital, where he is hospitalized.
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, Goldberg said.
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