Dallas man intentionally set apartment on fire before jumping out of window, officials say

DALLAS - A Dallas man has been arrested and charged with arson after an apartment fire that happened in the Love Field area of Dallas on Sunday afternoon.

Zerick Lamont Jones, 51 (Source: Dallas County Jail)

Koko Apartment Fire

What we know:

Dallas Fire Rescue says 51-year-old Zerick Jones intentionally set his second-story apartment on fire located near Harry Hines and Mockingbird Lane.

Jones eventually jumped from a window in his apartment, sustaining serious injuries.

A neighbor stopped Jones before from running off before security detained Jones, according to police.

Firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames when they arrived at the scene around noon.

Four residents at the apartment complex are now displaced and at least eight other apartments were damaged. Fire damage was limited to Jones' apartment, but there was water and smoke damage to several other apartments.

All residential units were out of power today.

Witnesses say this suspect was being disruptive, throwing burning items out of his window for hours on Sunday morning.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, other witnesses claimed Jones had been throwing lit items out of his apartment all night.

Dallas Fire-Rescue says they responded to the same location before the apartment fire at 1:31 a.m. and then 10:36 a.m.

Arson investigators tried to interview Jones to see why he set his apartment on fire, but he was uncooperative at Parkland Hospital.

He remains in the Dallas County Jail.

What we don't know:

Jones' motive and injuries are unknown at this time.

What they're saying:

Daniel Mavero worried about a family living below 51-year-old Zerick Jones

"[The fire] was all the way up to their windowsill, and there are babies that live in that bedroom," said Mavero.

Mavero says he stopped Jones before he could run off.

"I commanded him to get on his knees. He got down on one knee, and that was enough, and he didn't move," said Mavero.