Homeless man set on fire in the North End

Apparently not satisfied with merely kicking a sleeping homeless man in the stomach in Langone Park off Commercial Street early this morning, two guys doused him with a flammable liquid and then set him on fire. He was taken to Mass. General with burns on his legs. The two suspects, described as black men about 30 (one wearing a White Sox cap) are still at large, BPDNews reports.

Channel 4 report.
Channel 7 report.

Meanwhile, over in the South End, a 7-Eleven clerk who tried to stop two men from walking out the door with stolen goods shortly after 1 a.m. got himself dragged outside and stabbed in the stomach. Police say he's expected to recover (more details at the same link above).