{"id":130271,"date":"2025-03-17T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/police-are-seeking-a-suspect-who-set-a-man-on-fire-in-times-square-abc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:08:33","slug":"police-are-seeking-a-suspect-who-set-a-man-on-fire-in-times-square-abc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/police-are-seeking-a-suspect-who-set-a-man-on-fire-in-times-square-abc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Police are seeking a suspect who set a man on fire in Times Square &#8211; ABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ\">Officers spotted the 45-year-old victim and extinguished the flames.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB\">NEW YORK &#8212; <\/span>Police in New York City are searching for a suspect they say set a man on fire in Times Square shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday morning near West 41st Street and 7th Avenue.<br \/>Officers spotted the 45-year-old victim and extinguished the flames. He was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition, police said.<br \/>Law enforcement officials declined to comment further, saying the case remains under investigation.<br \/><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/16\/us-news\/man-set-on-fire-in-times-square-leaving-him-horrifically-burned-video\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitterh=NDJnNjVqdm84d3Vh\">Video and images<\/a> from the scene show the victim walking along the sidewalk shirtless and accompanied by firefighters after the flames were put out. Footage of the man being treated in an ambulance showed burns to his face, neck, chest and arms.<br \/>In December, Debrina Kawam, 57, of New Jersey, died <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/subway-burning-new-york-city-ba86c7c219012529b31a0dd0298d7cd4\">after being set on fire<\/a> in a New York subway train. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-city-subway-burning-94a5c2af2ac380a4ab991a5a40ab068e\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> to murder and arson charges in the Dec. 22 killing.<br \/>Prosecutors say Zapeta set fire to Kawam while she was sleeping aboard a train stopped at a station in Brooklyn\u2019s Coney Island, then fanned the flames with a shirt and watched her burn from a subway station bench. <br \/>24\/7 coverage of breaking news and live events<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPeFRudHhEbVQySDNVdnZIRFlrTVd2Ukk3NGZhQ293TFh2ZVVFbU5IOUxtM2dKX21MRFItamxLdk96R2M1cGMzR1BGMThMdFd5OFFYOTF0NWxtZ191Uk5BYXk1S0RUdngySzBkdnZkc2RQNmFvRUJyT3BENlNSdTlXYjdsNWZkZnBfMlhQeWRFQlRTTWlrNXZiMFFn0gGfAUFVX3lxTE52UjNxbVVRSWJLMndtWFJMZTdkaXVaMDVseXZsN2dQZlBRbF9kR1B6emF1SzBaNV9KSDNqVUh5X1RnXzhWdFJoX283V2dESVlBZENBZTNPbk9yaVRFX1RFNGRpT3lIVXNpT2hkd3NQTE5OdW05LTFQck45TEN5YjZjMnR5aUFRZDZQbUF0RkZKdHR1MmZpWl9CNHJXZjZ2Zw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers spotted the 45-year-old victim and extinguished the flames.NEW YORK &#8212; Police in New York City are searching for a suspect they say set a man on fire in Times Square shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday morning near West 41st Street and 7th Avenue.Officers spotted the 45-year-old victim and extinguished the flames. 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