St. Paul Police: Woman Doused With Gasoline, Set On Fire

[WhiteTara]

Source: cbs local

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities in St. Paul say a suspect is in custody Monday after a woman was doused with gasoline and set on fire.

The St. Paul Police Department says that officers responded to an assault call around 12:30 p.m. on the 700 block of Conway Street. When they got to the scene, they found a woman with significant burn injuries on her torso.

Emergency crews brought the victim to Regions Hospital. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

A suspect is in custody, police say.

No names have been released.

Read more: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/05/30/st-paul-woman-set-on-fire/

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[braddy]

1. This seems to be a new thing in the last couple of years, is there a pattern?

[LeftyMom]

9. It's not. National media attention is.

Years ago her ex boyfriend crashed his car into my mother's car, trapping her inside. He then proceeded to get out a gas can, douse her car in gas, and was struggling with a lighter when a stranger tackled him and saved my mother's life.

Didn't even make the local news, let alone national.

[braddy]

10. I didn't mean that it never happened, but that it seems to be a new trend now.

[LeftyMom]

11. In the absence of evidence I'm not convinced that's true.

I'd be curious to see any evidence, but I don't believe anybody tracks that particular crime. And like I said, media reports are not a good method of deciding, they tend to run with anything scary that draws attention.

Remember "summer of the shark" when shark attacks were actually down? Rare events are extremely prone to that kind of thing: it can look like a trend when really it's just somebody in a newsroom noticed that one story was popular online and set up a google alert for similar events.

[braddy]

12. It is purely curiosity on my part, not a claim, but there have been a number of such

attacks on women in the last 2 years.

https://www.google.com/search?num=50&newwindow=1&q=attacking+women+with+gasoline&oq=attacking+women+with+gasoline&gs_l=serp.3..30i10.60375.72165.0.72631.63.36.0.0.0.0.340.4638.0j20j5j1.26.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..40.18.3113.0..0j33i21j0i131j0i3j0i67j0i10j0i22i30.aa0hALAFO7k

[azurnoir]

2. according to local news the suspect is another woman :(

http://www.kare11.com/news/crime/woman-set-on-fire-in-st-pau-suspect-in-custody/223121311

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. If somebody pours gasoline on you, run. If you can't escape, hug them and get them wet.

Ignore a few punches. Besides, you can't fight fire with fire when you are burning, but you can fight back against punches.

When someone pours gasoline over you they have only one plan.

[crim son]

4. Good thought.

It's like I always told my kids: better to fight somebody trying to abduct them the moment they notice something is wrong - kick, scream, punch, tear hair or whatever - than hope to make an escape later when there are no witnesses. Any injuries incurred then will likely be minor compared to what awaits. It was sickening to have to say anything like this, but necessary.

[magical thyme]

5. hugging them....great idea nt

[paleotn]

6. If her injuries aren't life threatening...

..she is extremely lucky.

[valerief]

7. I'll bet the suspect is a man. nt

[sarisataka]

8. You loose that bet

A woman was in custody after authorities say she set another woman on fire

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/30/1-woman-in-custody-after-allegedly-setting-another/