Secret Service: Man Tries to Set Himself on Fire Outside the White House

Secret Service: Man Tries to Set Himself on Fire Outside the White House
The White House on July 23, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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A man who tried to set himself on fire outside the White House on April 12 has been arrested.

The Secret Service said the suspect, who has not been identified, was operating an electronic wheelchair-type scooter when he lit his outer jacket on fire while sitting along Pennsylvania Ave, outside the North Fence Line. Uniformed Division Officers then respondedimmediately, extinguishing the fire and providing first aid.