Overview
- Bradey Ming, 17, turned himself in and is charged with felony aggravated battery; he is being held without bond, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
- The incident occurred Jan. 11 on Kauffman Island at Lake Kerr, where a small group of teens had gathered around a fire and were drinking.
- Investigators obtained video that shows a gasoline canister used to create a trail before the victim was splashed, after which the teen ran into the lake to put out the flames.
- The victim was life-flighted to UF Health Shands in Gainesville and admitted to the pediatric ICU with second- and third-degree burns, including deep full-thickness injuries.
- An initial account to the victim's mother blamed a gasoline-filled water bottle, but the boy's father later found video of the burning; a witness reported no clear malicious intent, while an investigator said the gasoline use posed obvious risk of great bodily harm.