One teenager has been arrested in connection with the incident earlier this month in which a lit firework was thrown into the Burger King West Bay Road location.
Police, following Cayman Compass queries, confirmed on Friday that the juvenile was arrested on suspicion of committing a reckless and negligent act following the incident.
The teenager, police said, has since been granted bail.
Police said, additionally, a number of witnesses have been spoken to and the investigation remains open and ongoing.
The incident happened shortly after 8:20pm on Saturday, 7 January.
Police said officers had responded to a report that “what appeared to be a group of young persons” had thrown a lit firework into the fast food restaurant on West Bay Road, which then detonated.
One person at the location experienced difficulty breathing as a result of the discharge of the firework and fainted, police said.
That individual was transported by ambulance to the Cayman Islands Hospital for treatment and was subsequently discharged.
Burger King franchise operator Mark Anthony expressed distress over the incident saying the cost was “massive. And it’s not just financial. People were hurt, terrified and there could have been graver consequences”.
Anthony, in an interview with the Compass, lamented that the “thoughtlessness” demonstrated by those involved has had an impact on both his team members and guests.
There were social media reports that similar incidents had taken place earlier on the evening of 7 Jan. at Camana Bay.
However police said, “We have not received any reports of similar incidents occurring in other establishments during that time”.
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