Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday in a horrifying and disturbing crime.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) said it happened at the Stillwell Avenue Subway station in Coney Island at about 7:30 a.m.
Police said the woman was sleeping on a stationary “F” train.
That’s when police said an unknown man approached the woman and lit her on fire before leaving the subway car.
New York City police are searching for a man who allegedly set a woman on fire on a Brooklyn subway train while she was asleep just three days before Christmas. (NYPD)
Police encourage anyone with information about the incident to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be submitted by going to crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.
