Sebastian Zapeta, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, has been charged with first-degree murder and arson after allegedly setting a woman on fire on an F train in New York City. Zapeta was previously deported in 2018 but reportedly re-entered the U.S. illegally.
A woman was killed in a NYC subway fire on Sunday morning, police said. A person is in custody in connection with the F train attack over the weekend. Officials said Monday Sebastian Zapeta has been charged with first degree murder and arson after allegedly setting the victim on fire and watching her burn. According to a spokesperson for ICE, Zapeta is an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. He last lived in a homeless shelter in East New York, Brooklyn.
ICE officials said in a statement that Zapeta was detained and deported shortly after crossing the border in Arizona in 2018. At some point, he snuck back in the U.S. and has been in the country for an unknown period of time. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the suspect and the woman had been riding an F train without any interaction between them to the end of the line in Brooklyn at around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. After the train came to a stop, surveillance video from the subway car showed the man 'calmly' walk up to the victim, who was seated motionless, possibly sleeping, and set her clothing on fire with what appeared to be a lighter. The woman's clothing then 'became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,' Tisch said.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. After the fire was extinguished, emergency medical personnel declared the woman dead at the scene. Unbeknownst to the officers, the suspect had remained at the scene and was seated on a bench on the subway platform, just outside the train car, Tisch said. Body cameras worn by the officers caught a 'very clear, detailed look' at the suspect and those images were publicly disseminate
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