A 64-year-old man has been detained after allegedly attempting to set one other man on fireplace inside a tent in Uptown this week.
Steven Carter is charged with tried first-degree homicide and aggravated arson in reference to the assault, which occurred round 12:30 a.m. Tuesday within the 4500 block of North Lake Shore Drive, in keeping with police and prosecutors.
The sufferer, a 56-year-old man who, like Carter, is homeless, advised officers he was asleep in his tent when Carter started kicking on the exterior and shouting, “Give me my stuff!”
Carter then started pouring rubbing alcohol on the tent, prompting the person to poke his head out to ask what was taking place, a CPD report stated. At that time, Carter allegedly splashed alcohol immediately onto the sufferer’s face and advised him, “I’ll set this m**********r on fireplace and I’ll set you on fireplace.”
Prosecutors stated Carter then lit a match and deliberately threw it on the tent and the sufferer, setting the tent ablaze with the person nonetheless inside.
Responding officers stated Carter approached them on the scene, matching the outline of the arsonist. In response to their report, Carter voluntarily acknowledged, “I went and bought the matches and the lighter with the alcohol he gave me a pair days in the past.”
Carter additionally described pouring alcohol on the tent earlier than setting it on fireplace, the report acknowledged.
Choose Ankur Srivastava granted the state’s petition to maintain Carter detained whereas the case is pending.
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