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Horrifying moment homeless man is set on fire before succumbing to his injuries two days later
2020-05-18
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Surveillance camera footage shows the moment homeless man Darryl Finney, 62, was set on fire, two days before he died at a Washington D.C. hospital

  • The Washington Metropolitan Police Department released the footage to recruit the public's help in finding a male suspect seen in the footage

  • The suspect appears in the footage to dowse the Finney with an unknown liquid and setting it on fire early Wednesday morning.

  • Finney, after he was set ablaze, managed to get to first responders who arrived on the scene and died at a local hospital from his injuries

  • A $25,000 reward is being offered by cops to anyone with more information that may lead to the suspect's arrest

The man, who appears to be black, sporting a goatee and wearing a hooded shirt, fuels the start of the fire by dowsing twice with an unknown flammable liquid from a canister before walking away.

The same suspect is believed to have attempted setting another man on fire about 45 minutes earlier also H Street, but about five blocks away, as well as torching a car on Florida Avenue.
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  Not since Seth Rich, 2016.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-18 12:33  

#3  Fairly clear photo. Does the WMPD use facial recognition software? If so, they might be able to nail the arsonist.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-05-18 10:35  

#2  I blame Trump (Just getting ahead of the crowd)
Posted by: Frank G   2020-05-18 08:56  

#1  Amish crime wave continues unabated.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-18 02:44  

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