A teen was arrested Thursday for allegedly setting a sleeping homeless man on fire on board a train passing through Midtown this week, law enforcement sources said.
Hiram Carrero, 18, of Harlem, was charged with attempted murder after he was picked up in the East Village for the harrowing Monday attack, sources said.
The unhinged firebug stepped into a No. 3 train approaching 34th Street-Penn Station just after 3 a.m. and set the snoozing 56-year-old victim ablaze, cops said.
The 18-year-old who allegedly set a sleeping homeless man on fire aboard a subway train in Midtown was arrested on Thursday. DCPI
The homeless victim was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center with significant burn injuries, cops said. Robert MeceaHe then lingered at the station for about 45 minutes after the heinous attack before taking off, the sources said.
The attack left the victim so badly scorched that cops found skin on one of the seats on the train, sources said.
He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center with significant burn injuries, cops said.
Surveillance photos and video released by police a day later showed the suspected arsonist at the subway station, wearing a black hat, a gray hooded jacket, black pants, black boots and lugging a backpack.
The teen suspect was seen in surveillance photos and video. DCPICorrero had a blank expression and kept his head down as investigators led him out of the NYPD’s 9th Precinct and into an unmarked vehicle Tuesday afternoon — ignoring reporters’ questions about the motive.
He also faces charges of assault, criminal mischief, arson and reckless endangerment, cops said.
He has no prior arrests, sources said.
Multiple agencies helped to nab Correro, including the NYPD, the FDNY Fire Marshal, the US Marshal’s Services, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI, sources said.
