GARLAND, Texas – Police in Garland have arrested a man they believe robbed a gas station and set the 76-year-old woman on fire.
Shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, officers spotted a fire at a Fina gas station in the 3300 block of Broadway Boulevard.
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As they pulled into the station, the officers saw a woman on fire step outside. One of the officers grabbed a fire extinguisher from his car and began spraying her to put out the fire.
The woman was able to tell officers she had been robbed, and the suspect doused her with a liquid to set her on fire. She gave a description of the suspect to officers.
Paramedics rushed the woman to the hospital. Investigators said she suffered burns over 40 percent of her body and was in critical condition.
Shortly after the fire, officers got calls about a man trying to break into houses in the neighborhood behind the Fina station.
Officers arrested Matthew Lee Johnson, 36, on charges of robbery and attempted capital murder.