Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

A metal can sits on the ground at the scene where a man lit himself on fire in a park outside Manhattan criminal court on Friday in New York. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

NEW YORK — A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial is on trial has died, police said.

The New York City Police Department told The Associated Press early Saturday that the man was declared dead by staff at an area hospital.