New York police have arrested a suspect accused of killing a female subway passenger by setting her on fire Sunday morning, according to police. Around 7:30 a.m., the suspect approached the victim on a train car and intentionally set her on fire before fleeing the scene,

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

A sleeping woman was set on fire on a New York subway train by a man who appeared to sit and watch her burn to death.