Woman dies after she catches fire in Brooklyn subway car; NYPD suspects homicide
Dec 22, 2024
A woman died after she was apparently lit on fire in a Brooklyn subway car, and police are investigating her death as a possible homicide, sources said.
The woman, who sources said was homeless, was approached by a man in a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. subway stop at about 7:30 a.m.
A woman was pronounced dead on the scene after sources said she was set on fire aboard an F train at the Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue train station in Brooklyn on Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
She then ignited, and the man left the scene, sources said. EMS medics responded, and the woman was pronounced dead on the subway platform.
Police have made no arrests in the case. The woman’s identity has not yet been released.