WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) --- A man was arrested in Philadelphia about a week after a 99-year-old landlord was robbed at one of his Manhattan buildings and later died, according to police sources.

The 39-year-old suspect was apprehended in the City of Brotherly Love on Sept. 29 after police got a tip about the case, sources said. The suspect is awaiting extradition to New York City.

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Jose Antonio Tur died on Oct. 8 after suffering a stroke after he was robbed at gunpoint at his building near West 187th Street and Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights on the morning of Sept. 22, according to police and sources.

Tur was lured to the side of the five-story building after getting a call about a package delivery at around 10 a.m. When Tur opened the door, the suspe

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