Woman dies after being set on fire at subway train in New York CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 22: Police investigate at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn after a woman aboard a subway car was set on fire and died in New York, United States on December 22, 2024. Police believe the woman had been sleeping aboard the train when a man approached her and set her on fire. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested Sunday after teens recognized him from footage of the incident, which took place on an F train at the Stillwell Avenue station earlier that day, authorities say. [ more › ]