{"id":1455555,"date":"2022-04-27T13:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455555"},"modified":"2022-04-27T13:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:44:39","slug":"6-year-old-boy-burned-in-horrific-bullying-attack-involving-tennis-ball-according-to-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-year-old-boy-burned-in-horrific-bullying-attack-involving-tennis-ball-according-to-family\/","title":{"rendered":"6-Year-Old Boy Burned In Horrific Bullying Attack Involving Tennis Ball, According To Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F6-year-old-boy-burned-in-horrific-bullying-attack-involving-tennis-ball-according-to-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-644545370.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The family of a 6-year-old boy says he suffered second- and third-degree burns after a bullying attack.<\/p>\n<p>Dominick Krankall was reportedly playing in the backyard at his family\u2019s home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with neighborhood children when the attack occurred. The children, who were unattended, were reportedly lighting things on fire with gasoline, and one of the other children targeted Krankall with a tennis ball that had been soaked in gasoline and lit on fire. Krankall\u2019s sister, Kayla Deegan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/mommy-they-lit-me-on-fire-ct-6-year-old-burned-in-horrific-bully-attack-family-says\/3664919\/\">told<\/a> NBC New York that a \u201cbully called his name and lured him over around the corner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a matter of seconds he came back around the corner screaming, saying, \u2018Mommy, they lit me on fire,&#8217;\u201d Deegan told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>She said that an 8-year-old neighbor had gotten into a shed in the family\u2019s backyard and found gasoline and lighters, then called Krankall over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he did was pour gasoline on a tennis ball, took a lighter, lit it up and just chucked it right at my brother\u2019s face \u2014 and then ran away from him and watched him burn,\u201d Deegan said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Sunday, and Krankall was taken to the hospital just before 4 p.m. Photos obtained by NBC New York show Krankall in a hospital bed with bandages wrapped around his entire head except for his eyes and mouth, which is swollen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of Dominick Krankall\u2019s body is now swollen and bandaged up after the Bridgeport boy suffered second- and third-degree burns to his face and legs on Sunday,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHospital officials said that the boy is expected to recover. Dominick is lucky to have survived the incident, but what happened to him left loved ones outraged \u2014 because they said that this incident isn\u2019t the first time the alleged bully has put him in the hospital,\u201d NBC New York added.<\/p>\n<p>Krankall\u2019s mother, Maria Rua, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/boy-burned-connecticut-dominick-krankall-maria-rua\/11796289\/\">told<\/a> ABC 7 that Krankall\u2019s \u201cface is about twice the size it normally is\u201d and that he\u2019s \u201cswollen with blisters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t even see his beautiful eyes anymore,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Deegan said the same child who threw the tennis ball has previously harmed her little brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo months ago under the bully\u2019s mother\u2019s supervision, [Dominick] was pushed into a wall and fell to the floor. And again, the mother refuses to admit her kid did it,\u201d Deegan said.<\/p>\n<p>Rua told ABC that her son had \u201cbeen bullied by this child for a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day, they purposefully threw a gasoline-saturated ball that they lit on fire at my son\u2019s face. They called his name so he would turn around. They threw it at Dominick and left him outside alone to die,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The injured boy\u2019s family wants justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking, it\u2019s sickening to know the family. There\u2019s nothing being done about this,\u201d Deegan said. \u201cThis needs to be seen everywhere so everyone knows Dom\u2019s story and what he had to go through, and the extent it went to for someone to hopefully do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police and fire investigation teams are investigating the case, but no charges have been filed so far, NBC New York reported. The outlet also reported that Krankall\u2019s family is hoping to raise money to help pay for his hospital expenses and to hopefully move to a new, safer area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a strong boy though, he\u2019s coping,\u201d Rua told ABC. \u201cFor what he\u2019s going through, watching him have to get those bandages off and his face scraped is painful for him and it\u2019s painful for me to watch that and it\u2019s not fair to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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