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

An 18-year-old antheral has been arrested and charged successful transportation with mounting a stateless New York City subway rider connected occurrence arsenic helium was sleeping, constabulary said Thursday. 

Hiram Carrero, a Manhattan resident, is charged with attempted murder, 3 counts of assault, transgression mischief, arson and reckless endangerment, the New York Police Department said.

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A antheral has been arrested and charged successful transportation with the mounting of a stateless antheral connected occurrence wrong a New York City subway train.  (Getty Images; NYPD)

The apprehension came aft the NYPD released surveillance video this week of a fishy successful the Monday attack.

Investigators said the fishy boarded the Number 3 bid astatine Penn Station conscionable aft 3 a.m. erstwhile helium saw the 56-year-old antheral sleeping. 

He lit the stateless antheral connected occurrence and past near the train, constabulary said. The unfortunate was severely burned but is expected to survive. 

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NYPD officers basal astatine the subway stairs astatine Penn Station successful New York. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

However, helium was truthful severely scorched that authorities recovered tegument connected 1 of the seats connected the train, instrumentality enforcement sources told the New York Post. 

The footage released by the NYPD shows a antheral wearing a grey overgarment and achromatic chapeau opening a doorway to the subway platform. 

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In December 2024, a pistillate was killed aft she was acceptable connected occurrence successful an unprovoked onslaught connected a NYC subway bid successful Brooklyn. 

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, a previously deported migrant from Guatemala, was arrested hours aft the horrific incident.