Police spokesman Paul Browne says the unidentified man was waiting for the woman when the elevator doors opened to her floor of the Brooklyn building on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Browne says the unidentified woman was returning with grocery bags when the elevator doors opened to the fifth floor and she was sprayed by the assailant. The woman tried to protect herself, but the man sprayed her directly in the face.
After spraying her again, the suspect used a lighter to ignite a rag in a bottle and set her aflame. Police are searching for the suspect, who they say knew his victim.
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Update: Arrest made in New York elevator burning death
A 47-year-old man was arrested Sunday in the death of a 73-year-old woman who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building, New York police said.
Jerome Isaac faces charges of first-degree and second-degree murder, along with arson, authorities said.
The victim was identified as Deloris Gillespie.
The attack was caught on two surveillance cameras. Photos that police released of the attacker showed a man dressed in dark blue clothes, white gloves, with a dust mask on his head and carrying a container on his back.
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