Law enforcement gathers at the scene where a man set himself on fire on the Ellipse near 15th and Constitution Avenue on May 29, 2019 in Washington, DC.

A man who set himself on fire near the White House has died of his injuries, U.S. Park Police said Thursday.

The man, identified as Arnav Gupta of Bethesda, Maryland, set himself on fire Wednesday afternoon on the Ellipse Park, not far from the Washington Monument, in full view of passersby.

He "died of his injuries later that evening," police said in a statement.

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Park Police said they had turned over their investigation to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.

Multiple outlets reported that Gupta was the man who had been reported missing Wednesday morning by police in suburban Montgomery County, Maryland.

In a Facebook post asking for public help locating him, the police said that Gupta, 33, was last seen by his family when he left his home around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday.