Officers patrolling the station detected the smoke and found the woman engulfed in flames, but despite extinguishing the fire, she was pronounced dead at the scene. They arrested a suspect.
The Police of New York arrested a 33-year-old man, originally from Guatemala, as a suspect murder of a woman who was set on fire while she slept in a subway car in Brooklyn.
The incident occurred around 7:30 when the train arrived at the Coney Island station. Surveillance cameras captured the suspect calmly approaching the victim and setting fire to his clothes with a lighter.
Officers patrolling the station detected the smoke and found the woman engulfed in flames, but despite extinguishing the fire, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
USA: a man set fire to and killed a woman while she was sleeping in a New York subway car
The suspect remained at the station after the incident, which allowed his identification thanks to body cameras and the collaboration of three high school students, who recognized him and alerted 911.
The man was arrested hours later on another train, carrying a lighter in his pocket. According to authorities, there was no prior interaction between the victim and the aggressor.
Police continue to investigate the background of the crime, while the identities of those involved have not been revealed. The commissioner Jessica Tisch He called the act one of the “most depraved crimes.”
Source: Ambito
