Girl injured by neighborhood firework

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are investigating a complaint by a South Side man that a neighbor deliberately shot a firework at his daughter that injured her. The man took his 9-year-old daughter to St. Elizabeth Health Center’s Boardman Campus on Monday. He told police the incident took place at 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

The father told officers this was the second incident involving the neighbor, whom he believes is 50 and living across the street on East Boston Avenue. The father told police of a similar shooting of a firework July 5, which resulted in no injuries. No police report was filed.

The girl had bruising on her right thigh, and the father was to follow up Tuesday with investigators.