After a fourth homeless man was assaulted and lit on fire, San Diego police are pleading for help capturing the madman responsible for the spate of grisly attacks that has left the city on edge.
The latest victim in the four-day rampage, a 23-year-old man, was sleeping when the unidentified suspect snuck up and attacked him before trying to light him on fire.
A good Samaritan who witnessed the senseless violence pulled a flaming rag off the victim, who is not expected to survive his upper body injuries.
“These evil acts of violence are some of the worst I have seen in my 34 years of law enforcement,” said Chief Shelley Zimmerman during a Wednesday press conference, according to Fox affiliate KSWB-TV.