An ex-convict who had been the subject of a citywide two-day search for allegedly killing an elderly Queens couple and then setting their home on fire was arrested late Wednesday afternoon, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

Charges against Jamel McGriff, 42, were pending after police took him into custody without incident at 5:41 p.m. in the vicinity of Times Square at 44th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, according to an NYPD spokesperson. McGriff was being transported to the 107th Precinct in Queens late Wednesday for processing.

"Thank you to the best detectives and the best cops in the world for their work tracking and apprehending this violent criminal," Tisch said in announcing the man's arrest.

McGriff became the target of the search by the regional fugitive task — a c

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