A 42-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for setting another man on fire and killing him.

According to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia’s Office, Shawn Lewis pleaded guilty in July to the second-degree murder of 38-year-old Douglas Farley.

According to the government’s evidence, at about 6:25 p.m. on June 28, 2013, Lewis returned to the apartment building where he was living in the 1600 block of 21st Place SE. He then went to the back porch of the building, holding a lit piece of newspaper and a container of ignitable liquid. Lewis threw the liquid on the victim, Douglas Farley, 38, who was on the back porch. He ignited the liquid with the lit newspaper, engulfing Mr. Farley in flames. Lewis was arrested on the scene at about 9:25 that evening.

Farley, an aspiring actor, died on July 3 at an area hospital.