By Miranda Chant, July 13, 2022 at 9:08 AM
The 29-year-old man set on fire in a car park in east London has died from his injuries.
London police announced the man died at the hospital on Tuesday night. He had been there since he was found in flames near Admiral Drive and Trafalgar Street around 2:20 p.m.
Police have determined that prior to the incident, the 29-year-old and another man, who was known to him, were physically fighting at a home on Noel Avenue. They both left home separately.
A person who called 911 alerted fire police in the parking lot of a shopping plaza near the intersection of the east end. When officers arrived, the flames had been extinguished and the 29-year-old was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
His name is not made public at the request of his family, police said.
Just a few blocks from the fire, officers investigating an unrelated collision arrested a man for impaired driving around 3 p.m. He was identified as the suspect in the previous attack.
Bradley Joudrey, 32, of London, has been charged with attempted murder for driving with disabilities and having a blood alcohol level above the permitted limit. The attempted homicide charge is expected to be updated in light of the death of the 29-year-old man.
London police placed a black canvas over an SUV in a car park near Trafalgar Street and Admiral Drive on 12 July 2022. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn Media)
London police and investigators from the London Fire Department and the Ontario Fire Committee Office spent much of the day on Tuesday at the scene of the fire. Part of the parking lot was cordoned off with yellow police tape. Within that perimeter was a white SUV that investigators covered with a black canvas. A few steps from the vehicle were bits of charred grass near the sidewalk next to a complex of townhouses.
Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call them at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).