MOSES LAKE — A 16-year-old was injured by a presumed aerial firework on March Avenue and Loring Drive in the Larson community early Sunday morning, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office.  

“Fireworks are only permitted to be sold and purchased and ignited for certain periods of time around the Fourth of July and New Year's Eve in Grant County,” GCSO Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman said. “It's illegal to discharge, sell or purchase fireworks right now.” 

Investigators believe the fireworks fell from the sky after being launched from another location. The victim heard the sound when it landed, did not know what the object was and when the victim picked up the object, it detonated.  

“I have not heard an update on how the victim is doing,” Foreman said. “The other night when we were just getting finished, they were just getting her to the emergency room and starting to run all the radiological exams on the victim’s hand.”  

Anyone with information about someone discharging fireworks in the area at around 2 a.m. is asked to call GCSO at 509-762-1160 regarding case number 25GS04410.