The NYPD has released video footage of a suspect setting debris on fire near a sleeping passenger on a Queens subway train. This incident is part of a fire spree that began on January 10th, involving torching an NYPD vehicle near City Hall and setting other fires. The suspect is described as a man wearing a black ski mask, jacket, pants, and sneakers.
Video footage that the NYPD released Wednesday shows the suspect moving debris next to the sleeping individual, in the view of two other passengers, seconds before it burst into flames. The firebug then moved to exit the train car as the individual slept.Cops are looking for the arsonist behind a fire spree last weekend in which he torched an NYPD vehicle near City Hall and set debris ablaze near a sleeping passenger on board a Queens subway train.
Roughly 15 minutes later, cops said, the firebug set ablaze an unoccupied car parked in front of 14 Murray St., just down the block from City Hall. During the investigation, police learned that the suspect entered the subway system and took the J train into Queens. At about 3:40 a.m. that morning, cops said, he set fire to a pile of garbage near a sleeping passenger while on board a Jamaica Center-bound J train as it stopped at the Woodhaven Boulevard station.
burned alive while sleeping on board an F train stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn on Dec. 22, 2024. The incident led to outrage over the perception of public safety in the subways and the lack of intervention in stopping the crime.
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