Disgruntled veteran sets himself on fire outside Georgia Capitol, GSP says

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https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-emergency-scene-outside-state-capitol/t1EJeInRLqB2fegT9JtLtI/

Disgruntled with the U.S. Veterans Administration, a veteran set himself on fire outside the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

About 10:45 a.m., the 58-year-old Air Force veteran from Mableton parked a Nissan Sentra on Washington Street, stepped out the car and walked toward the Capitol, Georgia State Patrol Capt. Mark Perry told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


“He was strapped with some homemade incendiary devices (and) firecrackers, and doused himself with some kind of flammable liquid” before lighting the fireworks, he said.

Several loud explosions were heard, and a trooper quickly put out the fire with an extinguisher, according to authorities.

The veteran was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital with burns over 85 to 90 percent of his body.

[nolabear]

1. Disgruntled? Seriously?

Frightened. Desperate. Enraged. Overwhelmed. Hopeless. Horrified. Determined.

Disgruntled diminishes what might be a terrible, extreme act but an act that depicts many other things.