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A 33-year-old man was charged Monday for allegedly setting on fire and killing a woman on a New York subway train in what authorities called a “brutal murder” and an example of “depraved ...
“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 a subway car … and used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite ...
The incident comes amid a spate of underground attacks, including the New Year’s Eve shoving of an unsuspecting straphanger onto the tracks, in front of an arriving train.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The man accused of killing a woman sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire after what prosecutors say was a night of heavy drinking pleaded not guilty to ...
After the train left the 59th Street station on the Fourth Avenue Line, [11] [12] the attacker put on a gas mask, threw two smoke grenades onto the floor of a train car, and opened fire with a Glock 17 9 mm handgun as the train approached the 36th Street station. [10] [13] He fired at least 33 shots and fled the scene after the attack. [14] [15]
The man got off the train as police officers on patrol in the station rushed to the fire, but he did not flee immediately. "Unbeknownst to the officers who responded, the suspect had stayed on the ...
A man wanted for questioning in the death of a woman set ablaze on a subway train is seen in a combination of still images from surveillance video in New York City on Dec. 22, 2024.
Investigators said Sebastian Zapeta, 33, used a lighter to set the unidentified woman's clothes on fire as she slept inside a train car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 22.