Posted on 10/12/2009 3:15:58 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
A man was lit on fire Saturday night after he fell asleep on a sidewalk couch, Vancouver police said.
The man was sent to the hospital with minor burns to his chest and wrist.
No one has been arrested.
According to police, the 26-year-old New Westminster man had been drinking when he stumbled across a couch near Commercial Drive and East Fifth Avenue. He decided to take a nap.
At 11:40 p.m., a witness saw three men spray some type of fluid on the sleeping man and light him on fire, police said.
The witness ran to help and got into a brief fight with the three men. Another witness came over to help, and the three suspects ran off.
One suspect is a white man between 25 and 40, stands 6 to 6-2, and has a bald or shaved head. He was wearing all black and had tattoos on his arms.
The other two suspects are white men. They were wearing all black and had piercings.
(Excerpt) Read more at ctvbc.ctv.ca ...
This is why people invented houses.
(Hey it's a slow news nite)
Shaved heads, tattoes, and piercing. Sounds like an outstanding bunch, but don’t pass out on a filthy coach in a bad part of town.
One could catch some diseases by passing out on a filthy coach. Ick.
4 losers all the way around, but setting a drunk on fire is demented.
Trying to kill winos and bums is really manly.
And here I thought this must have happened in Morgantown, West Virginia, where they have a nasty habit of burning couches after their college football team wins the game.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2005-09-27-roundup_x.htm
One suspect is a white man between 25 and 40, stands 6 to 6-2, and has a bald or shaved head. He was wearing all black and had tattoos on his arms. ... The other two suspects are white men. They were wearing all black and had piercings.
Pirates on shore leave?
I’ve never been anyplace where they had couches on the sidewalks. I’ve seen a few couches on porches in neighborhoods I’d usually avoid. Can’t imagine someplace where people drag their couches out to the sidewalk.
Hold muh 40 ouncer, mabel. I got to go extinguish the neighbor again.
Build a man a fire and he stays warm for a night.
Set a man on fire and he stays warm for the rest of his life.
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