2 Minneapolis cops put on leave after suspect set self on fire in squad car
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
MINNEAPOLIS — Two Twin Cities Metro Transit police officers were placed on leave after a man they arrested set himself on fire in the back of a squad car and suffered critical injuries.
Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the man was arrested Sunday morning as part of a criminal investigation near the U.S. Bank Stadium light-rail station.
A Minneapolis Fire Department report says the man suffered “burned skin throughout his torso after” setting his clothes on fire with a cigarette lighter.
