Dec. 6 (UPI) — An 18-year-old high school senior has been charged with lighting a sleeping man on fire on the subway in New York City.
Hiram Carrero, 18, allegedly lit a piece of paper next to a 56-year-old man sleeping on a northbound train earlier this week, the Department of Justice said Friday in an indictment.
“Hiram Carrero showed a complete disregard for human life when he allegedly set a sleeping New Yorker on fire inside a subway car,” Jessica Tisch, commissioner of the New York Police Department, said in a press release. “This attack is among the most serious acts of violence a person can commit, and it has no place in our city — above or below ground.”
According to the Department of Justice, Carrero entered a northbound train, where he picked up a piece of paper on the subway car, lit it on fire near the sleeping man, dropped it and then jumped off the train before the doors closed…