A 13-year-old boy allegedly involved in the brutal stabbing of 18-year-old Tessa Majors appeared in court Thursday as the defense asked for the teen to be released from juvenile detention. While the boy’s attorneys fought for his release, prosecutors cited a report made by the detention center that mentioned he made an aggressive gesture towards staff at one point....

In the wake of Tessa Majors’ death, Barnard College and Columbia University faculty have reported receiving “abhorrent and viciously racist” robocall messages from a white supremacist organization. In a message on the school’s website, Columbia said it is working with New York City police to block the racist messages that came after the 18-year-old college freshman was stabbed and...

The teen had been on the run and police had been looking for him for some time before finally being brought into custody in the Bronx and taken to the stationhouse. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been located, authorities said in a tweet Thursday.

The teenager wanted for questioning in the Manhattan park murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been found, questioned and released, authorities said in a tweet Thursday. A photo tweeted out by police with the announcement matches an image of a 14-year-old boy authorities had released earlier in the investigation in their quest to question him. Calling the apprehension…

A Connecticut man who threatened to kill a New York City teen accused of fatally stabbing a Barnard College student has been charged with making a racist threat online. Trevor Spring, 31, of Mystic, posted the threat Thursday on a Reddit forum about the death of Tessa Majors, according to police. The 18-year-old student from Charlottesville, Virginia, was repeatedly stabbed…

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Gaby Acevedo reports.

Police have released photos of one of the teens wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College student. Because of the child’s age, police are not releasing his name, but they have been looking to speak with him since Majors was stabbed to death. As of Friday, investigators are not calling the 14-year-old a...

Police say they are talking to family and friends of a 14-year-old wanted for questioning in the murder of Tessa Majors but disputed reports that the teen took off running when he was about to go in for questioning. “He didn’t jump out of a cab while attempting to turn himself in,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told...

Police say a they are still searching for a 14-year-old wanted in connection to the brutal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors. However, the NYPD disputed reports that the teen ran away just before he was going to turn himself in.

Investigators are now saying that reports the teenage suspect had plans to retire and then changed his mind before bolting from a taxi are not accurate. Police are questioning if the teen ever planned on turning himself in at all. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

The slaying of a Barnard College student has led to new security provisions at Manhattan’s Morningside Park, Columbia University announced Tuesday. The college said that guard booths outside the park will now be staffed 24/7 and the evening public safety shuttle will be extended. Those decisions come in the wake of the stabbing death of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, who was…

A 13-year-old boy has faced a judged in the brutal Morningside Park killing of a Barnard College student. Ida Siegal reports.

The teen was supposed to be on his way with his lawyer to be questioned by police in connection to the stabing death of Tessa Majors, but the teen fled and ran from the car during the afternoon, sparking a police search in Harlem. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

The family of Tessa Majors, the Barnard College freshman brutally stabbed to death, allegedly by a group of teenage attackers during a robbery in a Manhattan park, issued a searing rebuke Monday of the police union president’s radio comment a day earlier that she was in the park to buy pot.

Classmates gathered in Morningside Park for a vigil to remember Tessa Majors, the Barnard College student killed during a robbery. Myles Miller reports.

Police said in court that 18-year-old Tessa Majors fought back against the group that robbed and killed her, as she bit one of the suspects on the finger. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

Police said in court that 18-year-old Tessa Majors fought back against the group that robbed and killed her, as she bit one of the suspects on the finger. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

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A 13-year-old has been arrested and police are questioning a 14-year-old in connection to the Barnard College freshman’s death in Morningside Park, and police are still looking for others involved. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.