NC Woman Doused With Gas And Set On Fire Walking To Dollar General [VIDEO]

Prayers and the publics help is being solicited as North Carolina police are searching for individuals that left a 20 year old woman fighting for her life after she was doused in gasoline and set on fire while walking to a Dollar General store.

According to WRAL, 20-year-old Ashanti Downey was walking to Dollar General on December 16 when someone approached her and poured a flammable liquid on her before setting her on fire. She was rushed to the hospital and later transferred to a burn center, suffering from second and third/ degree burns to her body.

In a Christmas Day update, the mother of Ashanti Downey, Donecia Davis says that her daughter will be going through a third surgery soon.

As of yet ,no witnesses of this incident have been located and officials have not received any more information from the public.   Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Detective Ronald Beasley at 910-893-0151, the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office at 910-893-9111 or the Tip Line at 910-893-0300.

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