Man burns woman alive in New York elevator

Police in New York are looking for a man who doused a woman with a flammable liquid and lit her on fire, killing her, in the elevator of a Brooklyn apartment building Saturday.
Neighbors said the woman was returning home to her fifth floor apartment in Prospect Heights after a grocery store trip.
When the elevator arrived, the man -- dressed as an exterminator -- sprayed her with an unidentified liquid, set her alight and then fled, police said.
Residents told CNN affiliate WCBS they heard screams and saw smoke -- and realized a woman was on fire inside the elevator.
"Myself and someone from the sixth floor went down knocking to get people out. Knocking on doors telling people 'There's a fire, get out, get out," a resident named John told the station. He did not want to give his last name.
Neighbor Carmen Martinez told the station that the victim was a woman in her 60s who had lived in the building since the 1980s.
"She used to give toys and gifts to kids all the time," Martinez told the station.
The attack was caught on two surveillance cameras. Photos that police released of the attacker shows a man dressed in dark blue clothes, white gloves, with a dust mask on his head and carrying a container on his back.

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[MadamUntoten]

This is a very unfortunate case and a prime example of how terrible we humans are.

[RAWV3GAN]

Hope they catch that mother fucker im going to walk around that neighborhood looking for him and fuck him up.

[SuperSmashyfication]

@juggalo1ijk They are perfectly justified in telling you how to live your life if you are a racist cunt who deserves to die.

[juggalo1ijk]

@jesuswasafucker look nigger lover i dont tell you how to run your life and you dont tell me how to run mine ok :) i hate niggers thats me alright so fuck off :)

[jesuswasafucker]

@juggalo1ijk There, they're, and their. Know the difference? doubtful, as a 'juggalo' embracing the most laughable 'white' attempt at modern black culture while also making racist comments. I know a lot of black men and women who are very intelligent, and I know a lot of white people who are fucking dumber than dirt. Skin color is a stupid reason to hate someone. do you hate Chocolate labs but not yellow labs? I'm white, and I am ashamed of my 'race' and what we represent.

[DextonNova]

that's really bad.......x|

[noliesundead]

anyone else think that the guy was ripping off the crazy guy from "Money Train"?

[ibehustlin]

@RAWV3GAN lol have fun gettin torched

[Ezema25]

u know if this was a white male...u won't see black people talking shit about white people....but as soon as they see black...a cell in there brain click to another level.....america lmaoooooooo

[Rangerwhat]

You know what, im a black male and I dont blame other ppl for being afraid of me. Black ppl give each other bad reputation and you wonder why we are the most hated race in the world. So ppl go ahead and be racist...i dont blame ya

[chaka943]

@BellumSacrumBellum28 IF YOU HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE ON GENETICS YOU WOULD KNOW THAT HOMO SAPIENS EVOLVED IN AFRICA, IN OTHER WORDS ALL THE RACES ON PLANET EARTH COME FROM BLACK PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT GENETICISTS NOW KNOW. I KNOW ITS HARD FOR YOU TO ACCEPT LOOKING AT ALL THOSE STUPID BIBLE STORY BOOKS OF A WHITE ADAM AND LONG HAIRED EVE- THATS JUST FAIRY TALES ALBINO BOY

[chaka943]

AND TO THE ARSEHOLE WHO CALLED ME A DUMB SPADE, DID I SAY HIS ACTIONS WERE CORRECT? GO TELL YOUR MOTHER TO GO SUCK OF THE PATHETICALLY LITTLE COCK OF THE LEADER OF THE KKK AND THEN TELL HER TO TURN AROUND AND LET HIM FUCK HER UP THE ARSE- NINE MONTHS LATER ANOTHER LITTLE PALE MONKEY SHOULD DROP OUT OF HER ARSE.