by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
A homeless man was discovered on fire with burns to his legs and upper body inside Penn Station
Another person has been set on fire inside a New York City subway station less than a week after a woman was set on fire inside a Brooklyn subway car.
According to The New York Post, a homeless man was discovered with burns to his legs and upper body inside Penn Station on Friday, Dec. 28. It was initially believed that someone may have set him on fire. Still, sources from the NYPD (New York Police Department) and the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) stated there is no evidence that someone else did it.
The 67-year-old man was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center after he was found at around 8 pm. First responders discovered the unidentified man in a tunnel near the New Jersey Transit Tracks 11 and 12. He was initially listed in critical condition by medical personnel.
The victim told police officers that when he woke up, he was already on fire and said that someone else set the fire. Sources claim that there is no evidence of any criminality in the incident.
“As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim, who was in a seated position at the end of a subway car … and used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told members of the press.
The incident took place on Dec. 22.
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Source: Black Enterprise
