Transit police arrested the suspect, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, after three high school students recognized him.

A sleeping woman was set on fire on a New York subway train by a man who appeared to sit and watch her burn to death. A ...

NYPD and MTA police are conducting a joint investigation ... The victim has not been identified. Her clothing "became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds," said New York City Police Commissioner ...

Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men’s shelter, made his first court appearance Tuesday to face ...

Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson ...

The woman was sleeping on a train car in Brooklyn on Sunday morning when a man approached her, lit her aflame and ran, police said.

NEW YORK ( WPIX) — A woman is dead after police say she was lit on fire while riding a New York City subway on Sunday and a ...

Amid the chaos, a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, stationed outside ... fanning the flames with his shirt before being subdued by police hours later.

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is charged with two counts of murder and one count of arson. The top charge carries a maximum sentence ...

The NYPD said the killing happened at the Stillwell ... "The suspect used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds." ...

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die has been arraigned ...

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Monday ... and a suppressor on him when he was arrested, and police recovered clothing, “including a mask, consistent with those worn by our wanted ...