Chilling video shows migrant 'killer' watching woman burn alive from subway platform as cops walk past
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Chilling footage has emerged of cops walking past a woman as she burned to death on a New York City subway while her accused killer watched from a nearby bench. Disturbing videos show a man identified by Fox News as Sebastin Zapeta, a 33-year-old migrant from Guatemala, sitting on the platform at Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn after he allegedly lit the unnamed passenger on fire as she slept on the F train just before 7.30am on Sunday.
![[The sick killer even got up at one point to fan the flames that were burning the woman alive]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/16/93432185-14221651-image-a-8_1734971751928.jpg)
Zapeta, who is now in custody, can even be seen fanning the flames in one clip while the victim leans on the subway carriage exit completely engulfed by the blaze and other New Yorkers capture the unfolding horror on their phones. Meanwhile, an NYPD officer walks by and appears to wave his hand over the scene in exasperation, but does not intervene to detain the suspect or help the victim.
![[Train surveillance cameras caught the man setting fire to the homeless woman and then watching as she suffered in agony]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/16/93428489-14221651-image-m-10_1734971778168.jpg)
NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a press conference that officers who responded were not aware the suspect was on the scene at the time. DailyMail.com has asked for comment on why cops appear to have strolled past the burning woman several times without helping. Police have not yet charged Zapeta or identified the victim, who did not know each other.
![[Zapeta was later caught on camera at the station sitting on a bench and watching as the woman was engulfed in flames - but he wasn't arrested until seven hours later]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/15/93407543-14221651-Zapeta_was_later_caught_on_camera_at_the_station_sitting_on_a_be-a-5_1734968320769.jpg)
Shocked social media users have blasted the police response - describing the behavior of cops caught on camera as 'cowardly' and 'shameful' while calling for them to be named or fired. 'Police officer walks by. Doesn't take his jacket off to smother the flames. Not his problem. Guess he doesn't get paid too much. Can we find out who he is? His behavior is shameful,' one person wrote on X.
