NYPD: Person of interest in custody after woman burned to death aboard train in Coney Island
Police say the unidentified woman was sleeping on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Subway station when an unknown man lit her on fire at 7:29 a.m.
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3ds agoThe NYPD says a person of interest is in custody after a woman was set on fire and killed aboard a train in Coney Island Sunday morning.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said police body cameras caught clear images of a suspect, which they then distributed to the public.
Tisch said three high school-aged New Yorkers called 911 to say they saw a person fitting the description of the suspect.
She said transit officers also saw the person matching the description moving onto another train.
Officers then ordered the train to a stop, boarded the train and located and arrested the person of interest without incident, Tisch said.
The person of interest was also found with a lighter, according to Tisch.
Police say the woman was killed after her body was found engulfed in flames in an F line train car.
Police determined that the incident was a homicide.
Police say the unidentified woman was sleeping on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Subway station when an unknown man lit her on fire at 7:29 a.m.
NYPD's news conference on the woman who was burned to death aboard a train in Coney Island.
Police say they put out the fire shortly before she died from her injuries at the scene. Alcohol bottles were found near her body.
Officers were on scene covering up the train car with a tarp.
The MTA says F train service is running with severe delays in both directions as of early Sunday evening.
Police say no other passengers were hurt in the fire.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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