Man’s death after fire at Oakland homeless camp being investigated as a homicide

The death of a man who suffered major burns after a portable toilet he was using at an Oakland homeless camp in April was intentionally set on fire is being investigated as a homicide, authorities …

OAKLAND — The April death of a 76-year-old man, less than a week after a portable toilet he was using at a West Oakland homeless camp was deliberately set on fire, is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.

He was brought to the hospital April 15 after he was severely burned in a portable toilet at the camp in the 600 block of Sycamore Street. Authorities said he told medical personnel he had been using the toilet when someone set it on fire. Police said Jones lived a few blocks away from the camp, but was there looking for someone when he had to use the toilet.

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