Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her. The woman, who has not been identified, sat motionlessly aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn at about 7:30 a.

The police said a man was taken into custody. The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man set her on fire.

New York City Police announced Sunday they have in custody a “person of interest” in the early morning death of a woman who they believe may have fallen asleep on a stationary subway train before being intentionally lit on fire by a man she didn't know.

Police said an unknown male had approached the woman, set her on fire, and then left the subway car around 7:30 a.m.

The "person of interest" was taken into custody hours after the attack while riding another train, according to NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta.

NYPD officials said a person of interest was arrested after allegedly using a lighter to set a woman who was sleeping in a subway car on fire in Coney Island, New York.

A person of interest was taken into custody after a woman died after being lit on fire while she was asleep on an F train in Brooklyn, police say.