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 man has been arrested in New York in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incident on Sunday as "one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being".