NEW YORK — A woman died after being set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway, according to police.
A man boarded the F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn, approached the sleeping woman and then set her on fire, NYPD said.
According to police, the man got off the train before it left the station around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.
EMS arrived and pronounced the woman dead on the train, police said.
Police are looking for a man suspected of setting a woman on fire
N.Y.P.D
Police later released photos of a man they are looking for and offered a $10,000 reward for information about the incident.
“We have images of the perpetrator and are working closely with NYPD investigators to locate and arrest him for this senseless and heinous crime,” Michael Kemper, MTA chief security officer, said in a statement.
The suspect was described as 6 feet tall, weighing 130 pounds, approximately 25 to 30 years old and last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a dark-colored knit hat with a red band and brown boots.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All conversations are treated confidentially.
