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

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

An 18-year-old Manhattan man has been charged with attempted murder and arson after a homeless subway rider was doused in flames

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December 4, 2025 3:32pm EST

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Man arrested after homeless NYC subway rider set on fire

Investigators said a 56-year-old man was set on fire while sleeping inside a train. (Credit: NYPD Crime Stoppers)

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An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with setting a homeless New York City subway rider on fire as he was sleeping, police said Thursday.

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

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NYC subway station and an arson suspect.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the setting of a homeless man on fire inside a New York City subway train. (Getty Images; NYPD)

The arrest came after the NYPD released surveillance video this week of a suspect in the Monday attack.

Investigators said the suspect boarded the Number 3 train at Penn Station just after 3 a.m. when he saw the 56-year-old man sleeping.

He lit the homeless man on fire and then left the train, police said. The victim was badly burned but is expected to survive.

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NYPD officers stand at the subway stairs at Penn Station in New York. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

However, he was so badly scorched that authorities found skin on one of the seats on the train, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

The footage released by the NYPD shows a man wearing a gray jacket and black hat opening a door to the subway platform.

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In December 2024, a woman was killed after she was set on fire in an unprovoked attack on a NYC subway train in Brooklyn.

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

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

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