Public Enemy No. 1 Named in Fatal Fire

CALLED THAT FIRE SUSPICIOUS. 11 NEWS REPORTER KIM DACEY IS LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH THE LATE-BREAKING DETAILS. KIM: WE JUST GOT OUT OF A PRESS BRIEFING, WHERE POLICE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST HOMICIDE OF 2016 BY PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1. 59-YEAR-OLD ALAN LORENZO FLOYD IS BALTIMORE'S NEW PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1. POLICE SAY FLOYD WENT TO THIS HOME IN THE 2300 BLOCK OF EAST MADISON STREET JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. T.J.: TWO PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM AND WERE BARRICADED BEHIND A DOOR THAT HE HAD DOUSED WITH SOME TYPE OF ACCELERANT. AND HE SET FIRE TO THAT. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. ANOTHER ONE WAS NOT ABLE TO ESCAPE. KIM: POLICE SAY THAT VICTIM, A 61-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, DIED IN THE FIRE. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY TRIED DESPERATELY TO GET HER OUT OF THE BURNING HOME. ROBERT: THERE WAS SOMETHING PRIED BEHIND THE DOOR. THE LADY TRIED TO PULL THE DOOR, AND I'M TRYING TO PUSH IT. AT THE SAME TIME, I GRABBED HER ARM. BUT IT WAS SOMETHING -- THE DOOR WOULDN'T MOVE. TRIED TO BREAK IT DOWN, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. KIM: POLICE DON'T HAVE DETAILS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND TWO VICTIMS. THEY WERE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER, BUT THIS WAS NOT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION. FLOYD USED TO LIVE AT THE HOME. THE FEMALE VICTIM DID NOT. T.J.: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT 61-YEAR-OLD FEMALE IS SHE APPEARS TO BE AN UNINTENDED TARGET OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS APPEARED TO BE SOME SORT OF ONGOING DISPUTE BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER PARTY, WHO WAS AT THIS HOUSE. KIM: NOW, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR ALAN FLOYD. THEY SAY HE FREQUENTS THAT AREA OF EAST BALTIMORE. AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO FIND HIM. DAVIS: IF YOU KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF ALAN FLOYD, KNOW THAT HE IS A KILLER, AND HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HE DID TODAY. KIM: ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT METRO CRIMESTOPPERS.