A man was found on fire at Penn Station in New York City on Dec. 27, just five days after a woman was fatally set on fire on a subway car in Brooklyn, an NYPD spokesperson confirms to PEOPLE.

NEW YORK -- A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday morning in Brooklyn, according to police. A person of interest was taken into custody later in the day, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an early evening news conference.

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged with murder and arson after a woman sleeping on the New York City subway was set on fire and died, police say.

The incident comes hours after a man was charged with murder after allegedly lighting a woman on fire on the subway last weekend