Police ID man who set self on fire on DC Mall
By Associated Press
Oct 7, 2013 10:21 PM CDT

Police have identified the man who set himself on fire on the National Mall in the U.S. capital and later died of his injuries.

District of Columbia police spokesman Paul Metcalf said in a news release Monday the man was 64-year-old John Constantino of Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

Police said Saturday that Constantino's injuries were so severe that authorities needed to use DNA and dental records to identify him.

The man poured the contents of a red canister of gasoline on himself in the center portion of the mall Friday afternoon. He then set himself on fire, with passing joggers taking off their shirts to help put out the flames. Police had said he was conscious and breathing at the scene.

He died Friday night at a Washington hospital where he had been airlifted.