Editor's Note: Manassas Patch doesn't identify victims of suicide.
A Manassas man who set himself on fire behind a Manassas-area shopping center has died.
Just after 11 a.m. on Monday, Prince William County Police received reports that a man was on fire behind the Westgate Plaza Shopping Center on Sudley Road.
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He was flown to an area burn center where he died later that night, police said.
Detectives later confirmed the 50-year-old man's injuries were self-inflicted.
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Read the original Patch report here: Manassas Man Sets Self on Fire Behind Hibachi Grill, Grocery Store.
There are state laws that make suicide illegal. Read more here. Decriminalizing Suicide: Bills Aim to Focus Conversation on Mental Health
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