Man lights fire near 1-year-old during domestic fight, police say

A Garden City man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a fight with his girlfriend Tuesday, police said.

The man, identified by police as 26-year-old Esteban Martinez, pushed the 34-year-old woman into a wall, causing her head to hit it. He’s accused of a lighting a fire near her 1-year-old child, police said in a news release.

The woman was able to leave the home, in the 4100 block of East Highway 50, grab the child and escape to a local hospital. The child is OK, police said.

Martinez was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated arson.

This story was originally published December 7, 2017 at 8:00 AM with the headline "Man lights fire near 1-year-old during domestic fight, police say."