Oakland Man Arrested for Fatally Setting Homeless Man on Fire
A 58-year-old Oakland man is in custody on suspicion of killing another man by fire back in March.
SFist reported on the March 3 incident in which a homeless man was allegedly set ablaze by another man in Oakland s Brookfield Village neighborhood, on the 500 block of Douglas Avenue. The victim was left in critical condition, and later died from the third-degree burns that he endured that night.
He has since been identified as 58-year-old William Vann.
Police believed that Vann, who had been living in his car in the area, was doused in an accelerant before being set on fire.