“Shocking Subway Attack: Why Did a Guatemalan Immigrant Set a Sleeping Woman Ablaze and Stand By?”
In a shocking turn of events, a Brooklyn subway ride turned fatal when a Guatemalan migrant allegedly set a sleeping woman on fire, prompting an outcry from city officials and the public. This gut-wrenching incident, described by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch as one of the most depraved crimes imaginable, unfolding early Sunday morning at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, raised urgent questions about safety in our cities. How did we reach a point where a commuter’s morning could devolve into an unimaginable horror? As details emerge, including the chilling calmness of the alleged perpetrator as he watched the flames engulf the victim, we are left grappling not just with the loss of a life, but with the deeper issues of violence and community awareness. Stay tuned as we dive into the harrowing specifics of this case and the broader implications it poses. LEARN MORE.
“A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the police commissioner called “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit.”
The savage killing — which happened at about 7:30 a.m. on an idling F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station — shocked commuters, MTA workers and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who said Sunday that the heinous crime “took the life of an innocent New Yorker.” “As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim, who was in a seated position at the end of a subway car … and used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” Tisch said at a press conference.
Patrolling cops smelled and saw the smoke, then followed it to the flame-covered woman, the commissioner said.
They extinguished the blaze, but the victim died at the scene.
Officials said the 33-year-old suspect came to the US in 2018 from Guatemala. His legal status wasn’t immediately clear Sunday night.
Horrifying video obtained by The Post showed the suspect calmly looking on as flames consumed the still-unidentified woman, who stood inside the open subway car door. “I want to thank the young people who called 911 to help,” Tisch said. “They saw something, and they said something, and they did something.”
Gulotta echoed her comments, calling the arrest “amazing work done by the public and the police working together.”
Police don’t believe the migrant and the victim knew each other before the killing, Gulotta added. The woman has not yet been identified. ” – NYPOST | Posted by THrillz
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