Owner started fire at Madison Tattoo parlor, died in crash minutes later

The fire at a Madison tattoo parlor was set deliberately by the shop’s owner who was also the man who died in a crash on the Beltline minutes later, the Madison Fire Department confirmed Thursday.

According to an update Thursday, the fire department stated a gas can and bottle of lighter fluid were found at the scene, in the 4200 block of Beltline Hwy. MFD indicated its investigators, along with the Madison Police Dept. and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, used video surveillance to determine it was the business’s owner.

The statement added the owner of the business, Custom Tattooing Arts Studio, left the tattoo parlor on a motorcycle, and he was the man killed in a wrong way crash on the Beltline, near the Seminole Hwy. interchange. On Wednesday, the Dane Co. Medical Examiner identified the motorcycle rider as Ted Heffner and confirmed he died from injuries sustained in the crash.

Damage to the shop was estimated to be around $300,000, MFD added, explaining there was extensive smoke and fire damage through the building.



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Omg I know him through a friend getting tattoos