Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in a New York City subway train a day earlier.

A court hearing is scheduled for the man accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and fanning the flames with a shirt as she burned to death.

A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping in a New York City subway car on Sunday morning, according to police. A person of interest in the case was taken into custody later in the day, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.