NYPD searching for man who fatally set woman on fire in the subway

A manhunt is underway for a man who is believed to have set a woman sleeping in a subway car on fire, leading to her death.

The woman, who was not identified, was asleep on an idle F train Sunday morning at the Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn just before 7:30 a.m., the New York Police Department said. It was there that a man approached her, lit her on fire, and fled the subway, police said.

Police are investigating it as a homicide, as the woman was declared dead at the scene by emergency medical services.

Pictures of the man suspected in the case were released. He was described as being 5’6” tall, 150 lbs., and somewhere between 25 to 30 years old.

The photos show him wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, jeans, a knit hat with a red band, and brown boots.

Authorities are urging the public to submit tips to the Crime Stoppers hotline, offering up to  $10,000 as a reward.