Suspect in Murder of NYPD Cop

The NYPD arrested the suspect Wednesday in the shooting death of an officer in East Harlem the night before. Authorities charged Tyrone Howard, 30, with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery, police said. Police said that Howard shot Police Officer Randolph Holder in the head, killing him. Holder, a five-year veteran of the force, was fatally wounded in a gunfight and chase through a pedestrian overpass leading to the East River after responding to reports of shots fired, police said.