Queens Mom Set On Fire By Ex-Boyfriend

A mother of two was set on fire in the doorway of her Long Island City apartment yesterday morning by her estranged boyfriend and father of one of the children. Neighbors in the woman's Queensbridge Houses building say the woman had previously thrown the suspect, 25-year-old Kehman Clark, out of the home. He returned to visit yesterday morning, but stormed off after a domestic dispute, only to return with a can of gasoline.

Before lighting the woman on fire, Clark is believed to have set fire to the fifth floor hallway and a staircase. An FDNY source tells the Post, "The hallway was completely blacked out, and when we got there, there were kids screaming in the bedrooms. We think he was trying to trap her on the fifth floor." A neighbor says Clark "knocked on her door, threw gasoline on her lit a match and she went up in flames. I heard the screams from my apartment. She didn’t want anything to do with him, but he kept coming back like a stalker, and this is what happens."

The unidentified woman ran from the apartment and up a staircase to the sixth floor, where a neighbor put out the flames. She was hospitalized with non-life threatening burns to her legs, back, and torso. Clark reportedly suffered the worst injuries, sustaining second-degree burns on his arms and legs after he tried to chase the woman and slipped in the gasoline and set himself on fire. He's in police custody at Harlem Hospital Center, and the two children, ages 1 and 3, were treated at Elmhurst Hospital for smoke inhalation.

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By John Del Signore in News on November 16, 2009 9:01 AM

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robingee

This just in; psychos come in all colors and classes. Plenty of women from all walks of life are stalked and killed by boyfriends and husbands. It happened last week in LA across from my cousin's apartment house. Cope were supposed to be watching, they were right outside, but he got in and stabbed her to death. Restraining orders do nothing.

Snoopy

When will the city start imploding the projects with the tenants inside? Talk about a step in the right direction to slow down the crime rate.

Other than gutter ass rap stars, who has ever come out of the projects? I'm not talking worthy people here, I am talking people that you would invite over for Thanksgiving dinner with your family.

Mr Mel

The boyfriend. It's always the boyfriend.

silver

what color was he?

Guest

Whatever color he was, he's now a shade of pink and red.

Snoopy

I bet he would be dead now if he didn't know to "STOP! DROP! and ROLL!"

Can't EMS have slower response times for individuals like this?

Good thing he used unleaded gas. Lead poisoning is a bitch.

NannyState

He should have known that the projects are indestructable. We would never allow our tax dollars to warehouse broken dreams in a firetrap.

Clarice City

That animal got his karmic justice.

Boogie Down

Ah, PJ life. It never ends.

theevilone

"Clark reportedly suffered the worst injuries, sustaining second-degree burns on his arms and legs after he tried to chase the woman and slipped in the gasoline and set himself on fire."

Beautiful. If only he had killed himself in the process, this could be a happy ending all around.

VanessaNYC

I hope that she and her kids are ok.

JenChungsBaby

Note to self: Don't chase someone you just set on fire.

Dirk

This guy's an animal. Serves him right he suffered the worst injuries.

Splicer

Here's a strange notion: How about if people who are ostensibly human start acting like decent members of society even if they have to force themselves to do so. We need some hipsters to move in and clean up the area.