Man who set himself on fire outside White House dies

Police officials later identified the victim as Arnav Gupta of Bethesda, Maryland.

Sgt. Eduardo Delgado, a spokesman for the Park Police, said investigators do not know the man’s motive at the time. Graphic videos on social media showed Gupta walking across the Ellipse engulfed in flames until first responders arrived to the scene.

The Ellipse is a 52-acre park south of the main White House complex that is open to the public. In April, a man was hospitalized after lighting his jacket on fire outside the White House, causing a brief lockdown. The man in that incident sustained non-life-threatening injuries, the Secret Service said at the time.

This is a developing story.