Police used body-camera footage from an October traffic stop to track down the teen suspected of setting a homeless man on fire on a Manhattan subway train, identifying him in part based on his “distinctive mustache,” prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Hiram Carrero, 18, who was caught on MTA surveillance cameras setting fire to the sleeping victim on a northbound No. 2 train at 34th St.-Penn Station on Monday, was cited by the NYPD for bicycling through a red light on Oct. 21, court documents show.

Investigators compared body-cam footage recorded during the traffic stop to the footage of Monday’s arson, in which Carrero can be seen wearing the same hat, backpack and gray sweatshirt, in addition to sporting the distinctive stache in both recordings, prosecutors say.

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