A man died after his sleeping bag was set on fire in San Francisco’s Mission District last week, police said Wednesday.
Luis Temaj, 43, died Saturday, the day after being taken to the hospital.
Officers had responded at about 5 a.m. Friday to the area of Van Ness Avenue and 25th Street. The victim told officers he was asleep in a sleeping bag when it was set on fire. His legs were badly burned.
The police are considering the case a homicide and ask anyone with information to call its tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with “SFPD” at the start of the message.
The site of the attack is four blocks from that of the city’s previous homicide: A man died in a hospital Oct. 1 after being punched and hitting his head on the pavement in the Bernal Dwellings neighborhood.
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