In yet another shocking example of what happens when drugs, homelessness, and mental instability collide, a man in Las Vegas is now facing attempted murder charges after allegedly setting another man on fire inside a walk-in freezer. You read that right—a freezer turned meth den, in the backyard of a family home.

On April 13, police responded to a horrifying scene near Kenneth Road, where two individuals had suffered burns in what was initially a structure fire. It was far more sinister. Officers found a man, severely burned, wandering the streets—his skin reportedly “peeling off” as he screamed for help. This wasn’t a gas leak or kitchen mishap. It was the result of meth, paranoia, and pure recklessness.

Sergio Salazar, the man arrested, had been living in a broken-down walk-in freezer behind his mother’s home—yes, in a freezer—where he claimed he was offering shelter to the young victim. Instead, after a meth-fueled paranoia episode using a makeshift stove crafted from soda cans and alcohol, Salazar doused the victim in flames. He later admitted the man had never made a threat or advanced toward him. He just “felt something bad was about to happen.”

So now, a young man is fighting for his life in a hospital, while Salazar faces attempted murder and arson charges. This is what the breakdown of personal responsibility and the failure to address rampant drug use really looks like.

While progressives continue to paint drug decriminalization and housing-first solutions as compassionate, the results speak for themselves: crime spikes, victims burn, and communities suffer.

Source: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

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