Victim, 45, hospitalized and in stable condition as police unable to say if attack was random or targeted
A 45-year-old man was set on fire in the middle of Times Square overnight on Sunday, according to police, three months after a woman was killed on a subway train in an arson attack.
Footage from the scene captured the moments the man, shirtless and severely burned, was rushed by authorities into an ambulance after the flames were extinguished.
Police say the 45-year-old was found on fire around 4am and was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition. His assailant allegedly fled the scene and is being sought by authorities. They were unable to say if the attack was random or targeted.
It was later reported that the man had been doused with accelerant from a Patron tequila bottle and lit on fire, according to crime scene investigators.
