No one was seriously injured, but police in Haysville are investigating after a live firework lands in the middle of a group of people before exploding.

It happened Saturday night near Broadway and Grand, within Haysville's city limits. Eyewitness News first

Monday afternoon, Eyewitness News spoke with our legal expert about possible criminal charges against the person accused of throwing the live mortar shell into the crowd that included adults and children.

Wichita Attorney Charlie O'Hara says any charges stemming from the incident could be serious. The most important factor, he says, is determining whether this was on purpose or an accident. The key question becomes, was this somehow an errant shot or was the mortar actually thrown into the crowd, as has been reported?

"Whether it was done on purpose or not makes a huge, huge difference," O'Hara says. "If it was accidental, it is a whole different circumstance to what could happen from it. But it someone did it on purpose, that is when it can get serious as far as criminal liability goes."

As far as charges go, O'Hara says there are multiple possibilities.

"I would assume from the facts that I have seen it could be an aggravated assault, when you scare people with intent to (cause) bodily harm to them," he says. "Then an aggravated battery is when they do the assault and hurt someone."

O'Hara says the number of people in the video also makes a difference. He says each person, injured or not, could potentially have had a felony committed against them.

The most severe injury was a second-degree burn to the face of the woman who called 911 to report what happened. The woman said she was okay, but O'Hara says her injury was severe enough that this could lead to jail time if that injury resulted from an intentional act.

"What happened to the people and the injury they have will actually vary with the severity of the crime," O'Hara says. "The more serious injury you have, the more severe the crime."

O'Hara says the investigation into what happened in Haysville Saturday night will ultimately determine if prosecutors will file charges.