Suspect wanted for setting homeless man on fire at Penn Station subway stop

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD released surveillance footage Wednesday of a suspect who allegedly set a homeless man on fire at the Penn Station subway stop this week, seriously injuring him.

The 56-year-old victim was sleeping aboard a northbound 3 train around 3 a.m. Monday when the train rolled into the station in Midtown.

When the doors opened at the stop, a man entered the train and set the victim on fire, then fled on another train, according to police…

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