A person of interest was taken into custody after a woman died after being lit on fire while she was asleep on an F train in Brooklyn, police say.

A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with a woman who was set on fire and died Sunday morning on a subway train in Brooklyn, police said.

New York City police say they have taken into custody a person of interest in the death of a woman who may have fallen asleep on a stationary subway train before being lit on fire by a man she didn’t

A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday morning in Brooklyn, according to police. A person of interest was taken into custody later in the day, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an early evening news conference.

Police have arrested a person of interest in the killing of a sleeping passenger by setting her on fire on a New York City subway train. NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch provides more details on the arrest.

The woman was sleeping on a train car in Brooklyn on Sunday morning when a man approached her, lit her aflame and ran, police said.

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".