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NYPD Searches for Suspects After Homeless Man Set on Fire at Penn Station
The victim sustained second-degree burns and is in stable condition; police continue searching for three suspects who fled the scene at the busy transit hub.
- On Monday, three men set a sleeping 37-year-old man on fire in Penn Station's Amtrak rotunda, and EMS extinguished the flames before rushing him to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell burn unit.
- Police say the motive remains unknown and is under investigation, amid scrutiny of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Homeless Services Department after at least 19 New Yorkers died on the streets, 15 from hypothermia.
- Police described the three suspects as one in a black jacket and blue jeans, another in a brown jacket, gray pants and gray hat, and the third in all black with a black backpack and shoulder-length hair.
- NYPD detectives say no arrests have been made as suspects remain at large after fleeing into the Amtrak station; officials urged the public to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS, 888-57-PISTA, or submit tips online and via X @NYPDTips.
- Amtrak officials said Amtrak police are working with the NYPD to investigate the assault at Penn Station, noting a similar attack last year led to federal charges due to Amtrak's ownership.
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Man Set on Fire at New York's Penn Train Station
Police in New York are now looking for a gang of three individuals after one of them set a homeless man ablaze inside New York’s Penn Station. Three suspects escaped and were only identified by what they were wearing, the New York Post reports.
·United States
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Goon sets sleeping man on fire inside Penn Station as ghoulish pals look on: cops
The victim was sprawled out in front of an entrance to the transit hub on West 31st Street near Seventh Avenue around 8:40 p.m. when the callous criminal – joined by two other men – ignited his clothes, police said.
·New York, United States
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