Suspect Sprays Shasta County Gas Station Worker With Liquid, Sets Him On Fire

BURNEY, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say an attacker entered a Northern California gas station, sprayed an employee behind the counter with a flammable liquid and set him on fire, killing him.

The Record Searchlight newspaper in Redding reported that surveillance cameras captured the Wednesday evening attack near Burney, a small logging community an hour's drive east of Redding.

Shasta County Sheriff's Lt. Anthony Bertain says investigators are searching for the assailant and haven't identified a motive.

Bertain says the video shows that the person's identity is concealed by wearing yellow rain gear, a black hoodie and gloves; investigators say they found a bicycle outside the gas station.

Bertain says the victim -- identified as David Wicks -- was flown by air ambulance to a nearby hospital where he died.

The investigation is ongoing.