Police Arrest Suspects In Shooting Of HS Basketball Star

Robert Cartagena, 20, and Tyshawn Brockington, 21 (NYPD)

Earlier this month high school basketball star Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy was shot down in her Harlem apartment building and today police have arrested two men in relation to her untimely death. Tyshawn Brockington, 21, and Robert Cartagena, 20, were reportedly arrested today in Columbia, South Carolina, where one of the men had a girlfriend.

The pair were together at the time they were picked up. Meanwhile the motive behind the shooting remains murky. Initially, it appeared that Murphy had been slain in a case of mistaken identity, but police now believe the shooting was motivated by a long-running feud between Murphy, her brother Bam-Bam, and young residents of the Manhattanville housing complex. The Murphy family has declined to comment on that speculation.

Meanwhile, a third suspect was arrested last week for providing a gun to Brockington and Cartagena.

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By Garth Johnston in News on September 21, 2011 6:37 PM

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JacksBack72

Just look at these two well-adjusted individuals. . . I think these two were 'left-behind' in the governmental educational program. . . Oh well. . .

whatidsay

Bab-bam. Named after the Flinstones character or the sound outside their windows?

JacksBack72

To save time and money. . . they should build apartments in Northern Manhattan, the South Bronx and Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy. . . with a lot more closets!