A 37-year-old man was in critical condition after setting himself on fire Friday outside of New Yorks Manhattan Supreme Court during jury selection for former President Donald Trump s criminal trial , authorities said.

The man entered Collect Pond Park in lower Manhattan just before 2 p.m. and threw pamphlets into the air from a backpack before dousing himself with an alcohol-based cleaning liquid and lighting himself on fire, police said.

The pamphlets were described by police as propaganda-based, and included writings on conspiracy theories and Ponzi schemes.