A suspect is in custody after allegedly setting the victim's clothing alight on the subway early on Sunday morning.
New York City police have arrested a suspect in the death of a woman on a subway train.A woman has died after being set on fire in New York City's subway, police say, and a person of interest is in custody.
A jury acquits Daniel Penny of killing Jordan Neely by putting him in a chokehold on a subway train, an incident that quickly went viral. Commissioner Tisch said the suspect and the woman, both of whom have not been identified, were riding a subway train without any interaction between them to the end of the line in Brooklyn at about 7:30am.
Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the middle of the subway car.The suspect had remained at the scene and was seated on a bench on the subway platform, just outside the train car, Commissioner Tisch said, while police rushed to the subway car.
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