Man arrested over death of woman set on fire on New York subwa, Police in New York have arrested a suspect after a woman was set on fire and killed on a subway train. Police said the man approached the woman on board an F train at Coney Island on Sunday morning as she appeared to be sleeping and set fire to her clothes with a lighter.
Police used fire extinguishers to try to put out the flames, but the victim died at the scene. Well, CBS News correspondent Naomi Ruchim gave us this update from New York: this all happened around 7:30 in the morning yesterday as the train approached the last stop in.
Brooklyn, that’s when the suspect walked up to the woman, lit her on fire using what appeared to be a lighter, and then stayed on the scene watching her burn from the train platform. The victim’s clothes became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds, and police say there appeared to be no interaction between the victim and her attacker before she was lit on fire. Nearby officers saw and smelled the smoke; they immediately ran over to investigate and used a fire extinguisher to put out those flames, but sadly the woman died on that train well later in the day.
yesterday A person of interest was taken into custody thanks to the help of three high school-aged New Yorkers. These teenagers saw the person of interest on a different subway and called the police. The police eventually stopped that train and arrested the man.
He was wearing the same clothes as he was seen in earlier and was found with a lighter in his pocket. Police say they were able to get incredibly clear and detailed images of the suspect from the initial incident, giving them a very clear picture of what they were looking for. They then asked.
the media to broadcast those images far and wide in order to use the viewing public as a force multiplier, and the commissioner said New Yorkers, and specifically those teenagers, came through. Police said the person of interest came to the US from Guatemala in 2018.
So far no charges have been filed, but investigators are questioning him and trying to figure out a motive. Police have been offering a $10,000 reward for any information in the incident. They’ve also not yet been able to identify the victim, but police are crediting the public and their own officers for working together to solve this heinous crime.