A Guatemalan man living in Brooklyn, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, is accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire on a stationary F train at the Stillwell Avenue Subway Station. The suspect was captured on body camera footage by responding officers. Federal officials plan to request his deportation after his criminal court proceedings.
A Guatemala n man, who authorities say was in the U.S. illegally, is accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, a Guatemala n citizen, was taken into custody Sunday by New York police in the Brooklyn death, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. He entered the country in Sonoita, Arizona, on June 1, 2018, was removed from the U.S. and returned to Guatemala days later — on June 7, 2018, ICE said.
The man, who has been living in Brooklyn, was charged Monday with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree arson in the subway death, NYPD said. Federal officials said they will file a request for Zapeta-Calil to be turned over to ICE after he is finished with the court process in the criminal matter. That immigration detainer could allow for him to be deported. About 7:30 a.m. Sunday, a woman who was not identified was sleeping on a stationary F train at the Stillwell Avenue Subway Station when a man lit her on fire with a lighter, police said. After leaving the subway, the suspect sat on a platform bench, and an officer’s body camera captured clear imagery of him that was made public via a wanted flier, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly “Unbeknownst to the officers who responded, the suspect had stayed on the scene and was seated on a bench on the platform, just outside the train car, and the body-worn cameras on the responding officers produced a very clear, detailed look at the killer,” she said. Tisch said the man “calmly walked up to the victim and used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing.
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