A knit cap with a red band, brown boots, and a gray hooded sweatshirt, according to body camera footage.
According to the police, the person of interest was dressed in the same clothes, including jeans or trousers with paint splashed on them, and carried a lighter in his pocket.
South Brooklyn City Council member Justin Brannan wrote on X that he was waiting for an update on the “horrific immolation” at the subway station. “Please remember the victim,” he wrote.