A man who was wanted for duct-taping a clerk and setting a customer on fire while robbing a convenience store in Palestine, Texas, was apprehended by authorities just a few hours after the crime.

In a press release, the Palestine Police Department announced the arrest of 40-year-old Robert Thompson in connection to the robbery at Pitt Stop at 1221 Link St on Thursday, and said he had been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated robbery.

The authorities said dispatchers with the department received a call about two adult females who were robbed at the convenience store at 10 am on Thursday. The suspect, described as a 6'2'' African-American male wearing a black shirt, black shorts, black shoes, and a white coat with a furry hood and a gold necklace resembling a rosary, and later identified as Thompson, had entered the store and demanded cash from the register.

He demanded that the two victims, the clerk and the customer, sit on the floor and then he bound them with duct tape. Surveillance video from the store shows him then dousing the two women with lighter fluid as they lay helplessly behind the counter.

The disturbing footage shows the 40-year-old dousing both victims extensively with the lighter fluid for over 20 seconds and creating a trail of the fluid, which he attempts to set on fire. When this fails, he goes up to one of the women, who police said was the customer, and sets her on fire before making his escape.

As the video continues, the customer can be seen thrashing around as she realizes she's on fire and desperately trying to take off her jacket. When she eventually succeeds in doing so, the fire had already spread to her head. She then takes off her top which helps her douse the fire, at which point the video ends.

Police said the customer suffered burns to her head, face, and neck, and that she had to be transported to the Palestine Regional Medical Center, and later, the burn center at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas for treatment.

At approximately 5 pm that evening, officers and detectives located and arrested Thompson at JJ's Fast Stop, 1200 E Palestine. Speaking about his arrest, Palestine Police Department Chief Andy Harvey said, "I am proud of our officers and detectives who worked non-stop and seamlessly to get a violent offender off of our streets. A special thank-you to our local law enforcement partners including DPS and our Constable Muniz, Precinct 4."

Thompson's bail was set at $4 million — $2 million for the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and another $2 million for the charge of aggravated robbery.

(Warning: Distressing Content) Watch the video of the robbery here: