The New York Police Department says a 45-year-old man was lit on fire by an attacker early on March 16 Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

New York City police are hunting for a suspect who set a man on fire in the middle of Times Square early Sunday in a gruesome attack that echoed a subway murder earlier this year. The 45-year-old ...

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Police in New York City are searching for a person they say set a man on fire near Times Square shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday near West 41st Street and 7th Avenue. Officers spotted the 45-year-old ...

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE TO THIS HOUSE BEHIND ME ADMITTED ... HIGH SPEED CHASE BEFORE GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND RUNNING INTO THE WOODS. OFFICERS SAY THEY EVENTUALLY ...

A 45-year-old man suffered burns after being set on fire in Times Square, an incident that echoes a fatal subway arson from three months earlier, according to police. Footage from the scene shows ...