Kaysville • Police here Thursday played video of a suicidal subject and a police officer on fire and burning last week in a gas station bathroom.
Flames are seen on the suicidal man and Officer Robert Jackson as they emerge from the restroom and into the Chevron station’s convenience store. About 6 seconds pass before another peace officer douses them with a fire extinguisher.
The suicidal man had poured gasoline on himself. Jackson, 26, who joined a Thursday news conference via a video link from the University of Utah burn center, said he trying to talk to the man and “de-escalate” the situation when the man ignited himself with a lighter.