An unknown man appeared to set himself on fire Friday afternoon outside the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection in former president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial was wrapping up.

The self-immolation, which was caught on video by multiple media outlets, took place in a barricaded park across the street from the courthouse around 1:30 p.m. eastern. Police officers can be seen in the videos dousing the man’s body with a fire extinguisher.

The motivation and identity of the man who set himself on fire was not immediately clear. An eyewitness told the New York Times that the man threw pamphlets into the air, some of which made references to former president George W. Bush and former vice president Al Gore. He stood in an area of the park designated for Trump supporters.

The man appeared to be alive and severely burned when he was rushed away from the scene in an ambulance. He was wearing a t-shirt and jeans when he doused himself in accelerant and held a flame to his chest. He fell to the ground as the flames consumed him and onlookers screamed upon realization of what was taking place.

Deceased left-wing Air Force engineer Aaron Bushnell similarly self-immolated in February to protest American support for Israel’s ongoing war effort against Hamas. He wore his military uniform and set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., ultimately succumbing to his injuries at the age of 25.

Left-wing opponents of the U.S.-Israel relationship and Hamas itself celebrated Bushnell as a martyr and blamed his suicide on the Biden administration.

Jury selection for Trump’s criminal trial finished on Friday when five alternate jurors were chosen after a 12 person jury was finalized on Thursday. The former president criticized judge Juan Merchan’s gag order against him as Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg seeks to hold Trump in contempt for allegedly violating it.

“The gag order has to come off. I should be allowed to speak. I have to be released from the gag order. They have taken away my constitutional right to speak and that includes speaking to you,” Trump said.

Opening arguments in the trial are scheduled to take place Monday morning.