Police respond to self-immolation call at east Las Vegas gas station
A man was in critical condition Wednesday after police said he set himself on fire at an east Las Vegas gas station.
It happened at 6:10 p.m. on the 4200 block of East Sahara Avenue, at the intersection of South Lamb Boulevard, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Joey Herring.
Herring described the man’s injuries as self-inflicted and said that it occurred in public, confirming that the man set himself on fire at a gas station and ran across the street, reaching a second gas station.
Officers responded to the call, but “there wasn’t a crime related to the event that has been uncovered yet,” Herring said.
The man was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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