The 29-year-old man set on fire in an east London parking lot has died from his injuries.
London police announced that the man died in hospital Tuesday night. He had been there since being found on fire near Admiral Drive and Trafalgar Street around 2:20 a.m.
Police have determined that prior to the incident the 29-year-old and another man, who was known to him, got into a physical fight at a home on Noel Avenue. Both left the home separately.
A caller to 911 alerted police to the fire in the parking lot of a commercial plaza near the east-end intersection. When officers arrived, the flames had been extinguished and the 29-year-old was rushed to hospital with critical injuries.
His name is not being publicly released at the request of his family, police said.
Just blocks away from the fire, officers investigating an unrelated hit-and-run arrested a man for impaired driving around 3 a.m. He was identified as the suspect in the earlier fire assault.
Bradley Joudrey, 32, of London has been charged with attempted murder impaired driving and having a blood-alcohol level exceeding the allowed limit. It is expected the attempted murder charge will be upgraded in light of the 29-year-old man’s death.
London police placed a black tarp over an SUV in a parking lot near Trafalgar Street and Admiral Drive, July 12, 2022. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn Media)
London police and investigators with the London Fire Department and Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office spent much of the day Tuesday at the scene of the fire. A portion of the parking lot was cordoned off by yellow police tape. Within that perimeter sat a white SUV that investigators covered with a black tarp. Steps away from the vehicle were patches of charred grass near the sidewalk beside a townhouse complex.
Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to call them at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
