Camden Huntingdon Apartments off
Metric Boulevard at Lamplight Village Avenue in North Austin Tuesday
night. man catching fire around 9:30pm
911 calls: Neighbors reported hearing yelling from one of the apartments.
Firefighters were among the first to arrive finding a man whose body was smoking.
from: KVUE
Battalion Chief Palmer Buck with the Austin Fire Department says
the victim, who’s about 30 years old, suffered second and third degree
burns over his entire body. The victim was conscious at the time.
Paramedics rushed him to a North Austin hospital where STAR Flight
picked him up and flew him to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
He remains in grave condition according to Buck.
AFD detectives didn't get much time to talk with the victim, but
they did question a woman in the same apartment unit. They also called
out for Austin police. The case is now a joint investigation between AFD
and the APD Homicide Unit.
Residents at the complex are shocked and looking for answers.
“It's usually very quiet. A lot of families with small children and
their parents are hanging around, walking around the grounds typically.
So I'm very surprised to hear that something like that happened,” said
Michele Garza who lives in the complex. “I would want to know if the
person who was attacked was attacked by somebody who was outside, not
from this complex, or was it a domestic situation?”
Police haven’t identified a suspect, but the woman in the apartment
is being questioned. It's unclear whether she is still in custody.
The victim's name hasn't been released. Police aren’t saying
whether he lived at the apartment or whether he was visiting. Details
about how he caught on fire haven’t been released, but foul play is
suspected.
ouch.
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