Tayshana murphy

Two men accused of murdering high school basketball star Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy in her Harlem apartment building last month pleaded not guilty today in an emotionally-charged courtroom.

The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is reportedly now investigating an anti-gay angle in the murder of Tayshana "Chicken" Murphy.

Sources say that Tyshawn Brockington, 21, and Robert Cartagena, 20, were arrested in Columbia, South Carolina earlier today.

Police are on the hunt for two young men in connection with the murder of high school basketball star Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy, who was slain early Sunday in the Grant Houses in Harlem.