Updated May 23, 2019

A man who witnesses said doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire at the Athens Walmart last week has died.

Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson said the man died Saturday.

The man poured gasoline on himself and ran into the store and later came back outside, police said.

Athens police responded to the scene and used fire extinguishers to put the fire out.

The man was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where he died, according to a hospital spoksperson