December 23, 2024
The incident took place in a New York subway transit car
Guatemalan migrant was arrested after allegedly killing a woman by setting her on fire while she slept in a subway car.
Agreed New York PostThe man, whose identity has not been released, was taken into custody after he set a woman on fire while she was sleeping on the F train in Brooklyn around 7:30 a.m. on December 22. the suspect watched the woman burn until death NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said it was “one of the most heinous crimes a person can commit.”
The commissioner called a press conference on Sunday, announcing the suspect’s arrest.
“As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim, who was in a seated position at the end of the subway car … and used a lighter to set the victim’s clothing on fire, which became all over. absorbed in a matter of seconds,” Tisch told members of the press.
The video of the incident made its turn on the Internet, where it can be seen how the woman is burning.
The incident took place inside the Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue station on the F train.The video shows the woman standing under fire, and officials say the video also shows the man watching her die. , as a police officer walks by and appears to be talking into his CD.
The unidentified woman died on the spot.
The suspect was even approached by a police officer when he ordered the migrant to move out of the area.
“With no responding officers, the suspect remained at the scene and was sitting on a bench near the train car,” Tisch said.Body cameras captured the suspect’s face.
Hours after the NYPD released photos of the suspected arsonist and killer, police were called by three high school students who reported seeing the suspect on a subway train at the J and York Street station on the F line, according to Tisch and. NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta.
Transit police found the suspect on another train leaving the station, wearing the same gray hat and paint-spattered pants on which he allegedly burned the woman. They stopped the train at Herald Square. until the suspect is found and arrested, police officials said.
“I want to thank the young people who called 911 to help,” Tisch said. “They saw something, they said something, and they did something.”
Officials said the 33-year-old suspect came to the United States in 2018 from Guatemala.
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