UPDATE: Man Critically Injured After Being Set on Fire in East Oakland Dies
OAKLAND (BCN/CBS SF) -- A man died late Monday afternoon after suffering critical injuries when he was set on fire in East Oakland last week, police said.
The man died just after 4 p.m. Monday. Police are withholding the man's name. He was in critical condition after someone set him on fire in the 500 block of Douglas Avenue last week.
Officers responded at 8:07 p.m. Wednesday after someone reported the man was on fire. Officers located him and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Police started investigating the assault last week. They did not say whether the man's death has prompted them to open a homicide investigation.
Anyone with information about it can call the Police Department's Felony Assault Unit at (510) 238-3426.
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