Police arrested a panhandler who reportedly lit man on fire outside a convenience store in Long Beach (CA) after not receiving money, reports ABC News.
The 63-year-old victim was hospitalized with third-degree burns. He is in critical condition.
ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC reported that a panhandler approached the victim walking into a 7-Eleven store and asked him for money. The victim said no.
When the victim left the store and got into his SUV, the 37-year-old panhandler reportedly doused him and the inside of his vehicle with a flammable substance and lit it on fire, engulfing the truck in flames with the man inside, KABC reported.
Authorities said it was a random act of violence. The two men did not know each other, police said.
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