Overview
- Bradey Ming, 17, turned himself in and is being held without bond at the Marion County juvenile facility on a felony aggravated battery charge.
- Cellphone video from a Jan. 10–11 bonfire on Kauffmans Island shows a gasoline trail from the fire reaching a teen, who ignites and runs into the lake.
- The victim was flown to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and admitted to the pediatric ICU with second- and third-degree burns, including deep full-thickness injuries to both legs.
- Investigators say the victim initially gave a different account until his father found the video, and a witness told deputies the footage accurately depicted the incident.
- An investigator concluded a reasonable person would foresee great bodily injury from using gasoline near fire, with teens at the gathering reporting alcohol use.