Neighbor recounts moments after molotov attack on church
The 36-year-old firebug — now set to face federal charges, according to sources – was seen outside of the Iglesia Bautista El Mesias church on 75th Street in Ozone Park just before 11 p.m. talking with three other men before he lit the Molotov cocktail and threw over the gate at the front door.
The bottle exploded and started a fire as the suspect calmly walked away, the footage shows.
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