Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Suspects Arrested in Tayshana Murphy Murder Case

Suspects Arrested in Tayshana Murphy Murder Case

September 21, 2011 5:15pm

Robert Cartagena, 20, and Tyshawn Brockington, 21, are suspected of shooting Harlem basketball star Tayshana Murphy. (NYPD)

By Murray Weiss and Jeff Mays

DNAinfo Staff

HARLEM — Two men wanted for gunning down Harlem basketball star Tayshana Murphy in her apartment building on Sept. 11 were arrested in South Carolina, sources said.

Tyshawn Brockington, 21, and Robert Cartagena, 20, allegedly shot Murphy three times — in the chest, hip and arm — after chasing her down in the Grant Houses. They were picked up Wednesday afternoon in Columbia, S.C., where one of the men apparently had a girlfriend, sources said.

The men were together at the time they were picked up, sources said.

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