Arsonist torches car, tries to burn down house in Midtown

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An arsonist was caught on camera setting a house and car on fire on Blythe Street in the Cooper-Young neighborhood early Monday morning.

Gerald Graham said his Mercedes was destroyed when someone shattered the back window of the vehicle and tossed a flaming object inside.

In the home surveillance video shared by Graham, a man is seen igniting a fire on the front porch of the house across the street, then walking towards Graham’s SUV with the burning item in his hand.

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