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One Arrested, One Sought in Fireworks Attack

One Arrested, One Sought in Fireworks Attack
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jul. 02, 2020 | PADUCAH
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jul. 02, 2020 | 04:40 PM | PADUCAH
Police have arrested a Paducah teen, and are seeking another in connection with an incident Saturday during which detectives say the teens threw lit fireworks into a moving vehicle, causing it to burn up.

The Paducah Police Department says officers arrested 19-year-old Ti’rel Beavers Thursday afternoon, and are searching for 18-year-old Javon Wiley. Both men are charged with first-degree arson and first-degree wanton endangerment.

Officers and firefighters responded just before midnight to a fully engulfed car in the 1100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Four people were inside the car when it caught fire. One of the victims told officers they were driving east on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when another vehicle drove past and someone inside threw a lit firework into their vehicle, causing fireworks inside to catch fire.

Detectives said they determined Beavers and Wiley were the ones responsible for throwing the lit fireworks into the car.

Beavers was booked into McCracken County Regional Jail. Police are still seeking Wiley, and ask anyone who knows his whereabouts to call them at 270-444-8550.
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