The New York Police Department on Wednesday evening arrested a man wanted in connection with robbing and killing a couple in their 70s and setting their Queens home ablaze, ending a two-day search.
The man, Jamel McGriff, 42, was taken into custody shortly before 6 p.m., after officers tracked him to Midtown Manhattan, the police said. The charges against him were not immediately released.
In a social media post announcing the arrest, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch commended the officers and detectives who had found Mr. McGriff and made the arrest.
“He was spotted in Midtown Manhattan by eagle-eyed cops who didn’t hesitate before jumping into action,” she wrote. “Thank you to the best detectives and the best cops in the world.”
The crime burst into view on Monday afternoon when the couple, Frank and Maureen Olton, 76 and 77, were discovered, one of them tied to a pole, inside the burned remains of their home. They were pronounced dead by emergency medical workers.
Mr. McGriff arrived in the Bellerose section of Queens, a tree-lined residential neighborhood near the border of Nassau County, around 10 a.m. Monday and began knocking on doors asking to come inside, according to the police.
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