A 33-year-old man, identified as Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, has been charged with murder and arson after allegedly setting a woman on fire on a Brooklyn F train. Chilling footage shows Zapeta-Calil lighting the victim as she slept and then calmly watching her burn. Police sources say Zapeta-Calil was in the country illegally after being deported in 2018. The incident has sparked outrage over the apparent lack of response from NYPD officers at the scene.
READ MORE:A 33-year-old man who set a stranger on fire at a New York City subway station was in the US illegally from Guatemala, according to the New York Post.
Police said Zapeta-Calil lit the unnamed passenger on fire as she slept on board the train before sitting back to watch her burn as she leaned dying on the carriage door. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil has been charged with murder and arson after a woman burned to death on the F train in Brooklyn just before 7.30am on Sunday, police told DailyMail.com
NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a press conference that officers who responded were not aware the suspect was on the scene at the time. 'Many people freeze up in these situations, and some are just scared of getting hurt. The Police on the other hand, are there to protect and preserve life,' another person chimed in.
Zapeta-Calil eventually boarded the F train again, and he was flagged by high schoolers at York Street Station in downtown Brooklyn who recognized him from police pictures distributed on Sunday.
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