The condition of Joseph Kromelis - the famed 'Walking Man' of downtown Chicago - has been upgraded nearly a month after he was set on fire.
Kromelis had been sleeping under blankets in the 400 block of North Lower Wabash Avenue when surveillance cameras captured Guardia walk up and stand over him silently for 16 seconds, prosecutors said.Guardia left as Kromelis' entire upper body was engulfed in flames, prosecutors said. Kromelis tried to put out the fire but finally slumped against a garage door. Two security guards from Trump Tower came to his aid before an ambulance arrived.
Police recovered an extra large McDonald's cup used in the attack and sent it to an Illinois State Police lab for testing. Detectives used surveillance video to track Guardia's movements from the crime scene across town and issued a public bulletin that led to his arrest two days later. Six years ago, Kromelis was brutally beaten by someone with a baseball bat in the 400 block of East Lower Wacker Drive. The two were struggling over the bat when police arrived.
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