Black man sets White homeless woman on fire and runs away (video)

It happened around 1 a.m. near the corner of Van Nuys Boulevard and Sherman Way.

The victim, a 67-year-old homeless woman who frequented the area, was sleeping on a bus bench outside a Walgreens store.

According to witnesses, the suspect went into the Walgreens and bought some rubbing alcohol, then walked out and doused the woman.

“He went inside to the Walgreens store, bought alcohol and then he just poured it all over the old lady,” said witness Erickson Ipina.

“Then he threw the match on her and started running,” he recalled.

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