An 18-year-old has been taken into custody and faces charges for allegedly setting a homeless subway rider on fire while he slept, according to New York City police on Thursday.

Identified as Hiram Carrero, the suspect, who resides in Manhattan, has been charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault, criminal mischief, arson, and reckless endangerment, as reported by the New York Police Department.

The arrest followed the release of a surveillance video earlier this week, which depicted the suspect involved in the attack that took place on Monday.

A man has been accused of igniting a homeless individual on fire within a New York City subway train. (Getty Images; NYPD)

Authorities revealed that the suspect boarded a No. 3 train at Penn Station shortly after 3 a.m., where he encountered the 56-year-old victim asleep.

He lit the homeless man on fire and then left the train, police said. The victim was badly burned but is expected to survive. 

NYPD officers stand at the subway stairs at Penn Station in New York. (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images)

However, he was so badly scorched that authorities found skin on one of the seats on the train, law enforcement sources told the New York Post. 

The footage released by the NYPD shows a man wearing a gray jacket and black hat opening a door to the subway platform. 

In December 2024, a woman was killed after she was set on fire in an unprovoked attack on a NYC subway train in Brooklyn. 

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, a previously deported immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested hours after the horrific incident.