A man was burned to death in Manhattan’s Penn Station train terminal on Friday, just days after a woman was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority police received a report of a man on fire at the transit center just before 8 p.m., and when officers arrived on scene they found a 67-year-old man on fire near the subway entrance. according to the New York Daily News.
He had burns on both her legs and upper body, a fire brigade spokesperson said told the New York Times were serious but not life-threatening.
The unidentified victim was then taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
A man was burned Friday in Manhattan’s Penn Station train terminal, near the entrance to the subway system
Officers from the New York State Police, MTA Police Department and New York Fire Department were then seen focusing on a transit tunnel in New Jersey.
Officers from the New York State Police, MTA Police Department and New York Fire Department were then seen focusing on a New Jersey Transit tunnel near tracks one through 12. according to the New York Post.
It was cordoned off with police tape as authorities appeared to focus on scraps of white clothing scattered on the ground.
Police said they were reviewing security camera footage and trying to find witnesses as they investigate what caused the man’s injuries.
But it comes just days after an illegal migrant allegedly set a woman on fire.
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, has now been charged with five counts of murder and arson.
Police said they were reviewing security camera footage and trying to find witnesses as they investigate what caused the man’s injuries
He was charged with one count of first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree murder, as well as one count of first-degree arson, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office announced Friday.
Zapeta-Calil, who has been held without bail since his arrest following the horrific incident, has waived his right to appear in court.
He will be arraigned on January 7.