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Police say video from a local nightclub showed the man walk into the kitchen area, where he turned on gas burners, ignited a stove, and opened a CO tank.

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Police say hundreds of people were inside the nightclub at the time, though no date as provided.

If you recognize the man pictured, contact CSPD at 979-764-3600 and reference Case #2025-006659.

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🚨 UPDATE – Attempted Arson Investigation

College Station Police now say the man suspected of attempting to start a fire inside a crowded Northgate nightclub last weekend was seen entering with two other people – another man and a woman. Investigators need your help identifying… pic.twitter.com/HsdaMddFbl

— 🚨 Rusty Surette (@KBTXRusty) September 19, 2025

zoneag said:

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Our greatest strength

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Someone educate me as to why opening the CO2 tank would have done anything to help spread a fire?

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bmks270 said:

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Someone educate me as to why opening the CO2 tank would have done anything to help spread a fire?

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Maybe he didn't know it was CO2?

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Ag00Ag said:

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bmks270 said:

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Someone educate me as to why opening the CO2 tank would have done anything to help spread a fire?

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Maybe he didn't know it was CO2?

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Very likely thought it was O2

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Could be. The article I quoted is so bad that it didn't even mention what day the incident occurred. I do find it odd that it's not even mentioned on the local BCS news sites. Not counting Rusty's Twitter.

Seems like there would be a lot more publicity if they wanted to catch the guy.

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Could be. The article I quoted is so bad that it didn't even mention what day the incident occurred. I do find it odd that it's not even mentioned on the local BCS news sites. Not counting Rusty's Twitter.

Seems like there would be a lot more publicity if they wanted to catch the guy.

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Someone educate me as to why opening the CO2 tank would have done anything to help spread a fire?

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IIIHorn said:

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Who would need a tank of carbon monoxide?

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BadMoonRisin said:

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Just like the University McDonalds racist hate crime that occurred in 2012, this one will be memory holed because it was perpetrated by brown people against white people.

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Someone educate me as to why opening the CO2 tank would have done anything to help spread a fire?

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Rebel Yell said:

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BadMoonRisin said:

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Just like the University McDonalds racist hate crime that occurred in 2012, this one will be memory holed because it was perpetrated by brown people against white people.

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Not anymore.

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Before she died, Lauren Crisp was with her boyfriend, 18-year old Denton Ward. They and friends Tanner Giesen and Samantha Bean were walking through the parking lot of a McDonald's in College Station, Texas, when a mob of about 20 people attacked Denton and Tanner. What caused the attack is unknown. What is known is local police were called at least 40 times in the three years leading up to that night to break up fights at the same McDonald's

Denton was severely injured in the attack, so Nicole and Samantha did the only thing they could. They put them in their vehicle and drove to the hospital. Trying to get to the hospital as fast as she could, Samantha ran a red light and collided with a pickup truck. Both Lauren and Denton were determined to have died in the crash, according to the medical examiner.

McDonald's was aware that police were being called again and again to break up fights on their property. Hiring off-duty police officers for securitywhich McDonald's had done before at this locationwould have kept this from happening. Still, McDonald's Corporation chose to cancel security after they repurchased this high-traffic location from a franchisee. In response to the teen deaths, McDonald's did what most powerful corporations, unfortunately, do in these situations: it denied any wrongdoing and pointed the finger at others. They argued while Denton and Tanner had been attacked on their property, they had been improperly served alcohol at a local bar beforehand. They said this contributed to the fatal injuries he and Lauren suffered in the accident on the way to the hospital.

McDonald's made this same argument when the case went to trial in 2014. Although one of the men involved in the attack testified otherwise, McDonald's said that having security wouldn't have made any difference. Former managers and current executives all claimed they were unaware of any pattern of violence that this location.


The trial lasted for nearly two weeks. The jurors reached a verdict in less than four hours. The Brazos County, Texas jury awarded $27,000,000, all non-economic compensatory damages. The amount McDonald's was ordered to pay to the families of Lauren Crisp and Denton Ward was the largest premises liability verdict in the history of the state. The case settled for a confidential amount on appeal.
At trial, lawyers for McDonald's said the corporation had changed its policy and now hires off-duty police officers for security to protect the public.

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