Man arrested after allegedly beating girlfriend with hammer, setting her on fire at UWS home

NEW YORK CITY -- (WPIX) -- A man who allegedly beat his girlfriend with a hammer and then set her on fire, leaving her for dead inside an Upper West Side apartment Tuesday has been arrested, police say.

Larry McGloster, 26, of Columbus Avenue, is charged with attempted murder, assault, arson and criminal possession of a weapon.

Officers responded just after 11:45 a.m. to the report of arson at an apartment building located at 825 Columbus Ave., police said.

When they arrived, officers found a 32-year-old woman with injuries consistent with being burned, police said. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Police sources said the victim was attacked with a hammer before she was set ablaze.

Resident Bonnie Chapman told PIX11 News that the victim, while on fire, knocked on several apartment doors on the eighth floor of the building looking for help.

"She just kept saying, 'Help, please, somebody help me, help me,'" Chapman said. "That's all she kept saying."