John Lotta was arrested by U.S. Army Chiefs of Staff for allegedly leaking gasoline on the floor of the Rush nightclub in Bushwick before setting it on fire on April 3 – sending panicked spectators to the exits and causing severe damage to the area. court. “We can confirm that @FDNY, @NYPDNews and federal partners arrested the suspect in the arson and took him into custody,” Adams wrote on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, without elaborating. “We made a promise to our LGBTQ + community and to all communities to keep our city safe. “We will not rest on our laurels to make it a reality,” he said. It was not immediately clear when Lhota was arrested for setting the club on fire. However, he was arrested on suspicion of arson last Friday – two days after he was arrested by police for allegedly assaulting a woman in his apartment, according to an arrest warrant. Surveillance footage shows the suspect flooding the floor with gasoline. @ NYPDTips / TwitterFootage shows flames starting to consume the club. @ NYPDTips / Twitter The woman saw the security plans of the arson and identified the suspect as Lotta, according to court documents.
The fire at the LGBTQ-friendly bar sent two women – a bartender and a DJ – to the hospital. According to the owners, a bouncer also sought medical treatment, who was set on fire for a while. Firefighters at the Rash Nightclub crime scene in Bushwick on April 3, 2022. App Citizen The fire caused people to panic, running to the exits and destroying the club. App Citizen Prior to the fire, Lhota was filmed by security cameras leaving his apartment building, just half a mile from the building, according to court documents. He was also seen buying a red canister filled with gasoline before allegedly “systematically spilling gasoline on Rash’s floor,” Craig Gundersen, an FDNY firefighter, wrote in the affidavit. Despite the great damage from the fire, one of the owners of Rash, Jack Sillen, told The Post that the club will reopen “no matter how long it takes us”. A woman has identified John Lhota as the suspect who started the blaze.rash_nyc / Instagram The owners plan to reopen the club, no matter how long it takes to repair. rash_nyc / Instagram “Very few of [Rash] “It will be saved, we will have to start from the beginning,” Schillen said after the fire. “We spent the last year dedicating all our time, energy and heart to this place and we were really proud of what was happening. He was just climbing to his feet. “ A GoFundMe campaign for the young club had raised a whopping $ 109,000 for a Personnel, Medicine & Rehabilitation Fund.