A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested in connection with the heinous death of a woman who was set on fire and burned on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday.

Sources identified the person of interest to Fox News Digital as 33-year-old Sebastin Zapeta.

While police did not identify the individual in question, a senior NYPD source told Fox News Digital that the individual entered the United States illegally from Guatemala in 2018, when President-elect Trump was in his first term as president. The subject had no prior arrests in New York City and one prior arrest in Arizona, the source said, but details about the arrest were not available.

Fox News Digital has asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more information about Zapeta.

New York Police Department (NYPD) officials said during a press conference Sunday evening that no charges have been filed in the case.

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The NYPD said the murder occurred around 7:30 a.m. at the Stillwell Avenue subway station in Coney Island

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch gave further insight into the crime during a press conference on Sunday evening.

“As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked towards the victim,” she said, explaining that the female victim was in a sitting position. “The suspect, we believe, used a lighter to set fire to the victim’s clothing, which was completely engulfed within seconds.”

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Officers were patrolling the station when they noticed and saw smoke, prompting them to investigate the situation.

When they arrived, Tisch noted, officers saw a person standing in the train car, which was completely engulfed in flames. The flames were eventually extinguished with the help of an MTA employee and a fire extinguisher. The victim was declared dead, the inspector said.

Tisch also said that the person involved remained at the scene and was sitting on a bench on the platform directly in front of the train car.

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Responding officers’ body-worn cameras provided a clear and detailed look “at the killer,” Tisch said.

After sharing a description and images of the suspect with the public, three high school-aged New Yorkers called 911 to report that they recognized the suspect. Public transit officers responded to speak with the high school students and also saw a man matching the description that had been released to the public on another moving train.

The train was ordered to stop at the next station, where two transit officers boarded the train and located the wanted person before arresting him without further incident. Tisch added that the person they were looking for was found with a lighter in his pocket.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his prayers were with the family of the victim of “this senseless killing.”

“Grateful to the young New Yorkers and transit officers who helped our NYPD make a quick arrest following this morning’s heinous and deadly subway attack,” Adams wrote. “This type of depraved behavior has no place on our subways and we are committed to ensuring swift justice is served for all victims of violent crime.”

The incident shocked people just days before Christmas.

According to the New York Post, an MTA employee said it looked like the woman’s clothing had completely “burned off.”

“I was just passing by. The police were already there. I didn’t see her in flames, but that’s what I heard. It was over. They turned off the lights (in the car) so no one could see it,” the worker told the Post.

Another person was nearby when police examined the crime scene and the woman’s body had already been extinguished.

“This is crazy – there are only three days until Christmas,” he told the Post. “This is messed up.”

Police encourage anyone with information about the incident to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, in Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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Tips can also be submitted at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.