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Monday, April 16, 2007
In an apparent attempted suicide Friday morning, a local 17-year-old set himself on fire in the electronics section of a Middletown store.
According to the Middletown Division of Police, the teen walked into the electronics department at the Towne Boulevard WalMart just before 9:15 a.m. Friday and lit his jacket on fire.
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Reports said the man, from the 2000 block of Arlington Avenue, used a lighter and tissues stuffed in his pocket to ignite his jacket, which became "severely burnt."
The WalMart store manager told police he used a nearby fire extinguisher to put out the flames before the 17-year-old sustained any injuries.
The teen's mother told police her son was distraught after having recently broken up with his girlfriend.
He was taken to Middletown Regional Hospital for evaluation.
Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2840 or dgreber@coxohio.com.
