NEW YORK — A suspect in the killing of a New York City couple in their 70s whose home was set on fire was taken into custody Wednesday, according to police.

Jamel McGriff, a serial robbery suspect on parole, was spotted in midtown Manhattan by New York Police Department officers during an intensive search, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X.

Police were able to track McGriff’s whereabouts through the usage of the victims’ credit cards. He was picked up at about 5:40 p.m. and charges had not been filed Wednesday evening, according to a police.

“Thank you to the best detectives and the best cops in the world for their work tracking and apprehending this violent criminal," Tisch wrote on X.

The commissioner had previously called the crime a “horrific double homicide, robbery and arson.”

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