NEW YORK - A disturbing video shows a man lighting a firework and throwing it at a homeless man lying on a sidewalk in Harlem.
The firework explodes as the suspect runs off.The NYPD says the 66-year-old man suffered minor burns to his back in the attack at about 4 a.m.
on June 22. In the video, the suspect lights the firework and then throws it on the man who was covered with a blanket in front of 67 Lenox Avenue.
The suspect is smiling as he slowly runs away. At least two others record the shocking incident with cell phones. Laughing can be heard in the background."Homeless man literally set on fire last night on the streets in Brooklyn.