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MAN ARRESTED AFTER THROWING ‘FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE’ ON STRANGER IN NYC SUBWAY
STATION, SETTING SHIRT ON FIRE, POLICE SAY

By Celina Tebor, Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN
Updated 4:09 PM EDT, Sun May 26, 2024
WABC
The Houston Street station in Manhattan on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
CNN  — 

A man has been arrested after police accused him of throwing a “flammable
substance” on a stranger, setting his shirt on fire in a New York City subway
station.

Nile Taylor, 49, is facing eight charges, including assault, arson and reckless
endangerment, after he threw an unknown flammable substance which ignited the
23-year-old victim’s shirt, according to the New York Police Department. The
suspect was unknown to the victim, police said.

The incident happened about 2:45 p.m. Saturday as a train was pulling up to
Manhattan’s Houston Street station. The suspect fled the scene but was later
taken into custody nearby, the NYPD said.

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The male victim suffered a burn to his upper torso and remains in stable
condition after being transported to a hospital, police said.

On Sunday, police said a 22-year-old woman was also injured, but the state of
her condition and injuries were unclear.

Taylor is a suspect in what the NYPD said was a similar incident earlier this
year.

Police said Taylor was separately arrested Sunday in connection with the
February 5 evening incident, for which he is accused of throwing a “lit
container of flammable liquid” at a group of people standing on the southbound 1
train platform at the West 28th Street station in Manhattan, the NYPD said in
March.

Taylor is facing charges of attempted assault, reckless endangerment and arson
over that incident, the NYPD said. No injuries were reported.

The NYPD did not have any information on the suspect’s possible motive in either
incident.

Police said it is not yet known when the suspect will be in court, and it is not
clear whether he has retained an attorney. CNN has attempted to identify an
attorney for Taylor.

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