NYC teen arrested, charged with setting homeless subway rider on fire, police say

The NYPD made an arrest after it released surveillance video this week of a suspect in the Monday attack.

Investigators said the suspect boarded the No. 3 train at Penn Station just after 3 a.m. when he saw the 56-year-old man sleeping. 

He lit the homeless man on fire and then left the train, police said. The victim was badly burned but is expected to survive. 

The footage released by the NYPD shows a man wearing a gray jacket and black hat opening a door to the subway platform. 

In December 2024, a woman was killed after she was set on fire in an unprovoked attack on a NYC subway train in Brooklyn.