Tessa Majors

Facts the Times won't face about children who kill

The New York Times has published a nearly full-page editorial arguing that no 14-year-old should face a prison sentence that extends ­beyond his majority — not even Rashaun Weaver and...

AOC calls Tessa Majors killing a 'tragedy on multiple levels'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said there were no easy answers after the brutal murder of Barnard College student Tessa Majors last year, calling the slaying a "tragedy on multiple levels." "Of...

Uncle seen berating nephew charged in Tessa Majors' murder in video shown to court

Roosevelt Davis went on a profane tirade against nephew Zyairr Davis, 13, when cops left the interview room in the 26th Precinct station house where the teen spilled his guts.

Teen gives cops chilling play-by-play of Barnard student's murder

The teens charged with killing Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors targeted her as she walked alone down a set of stairs in a crime-ridden Harlem park, one of them told...

Accused accomplice in Tessa Majors murder kept her from escaping: prosecutor

A 14-year-old boy kept Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors from escaping a fatal mugging in an Upper Manhattan park last year, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday. Luchiano Lewis grabbed...

Third teen busted in savage death of Barnard student

The third and last teen suspect in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors has been arrested, law enforcement sources told The Post Wednesday.

Uncle of Tessa Majors murder suspect told cops not to let nephew drink anything

The uncle of a teenager charged in the death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors barked at cops "don't get him f--king nothing" when the boy said he was thirsty...

Barnard students relieved Tessa Majors' alleged killer is 'off the street'

Barnard College students expressed a measure of relief Sunday at the arrest of Tessa Majors' alleged killer -- but remained on edge over her senseless slaying during a botched robbery...

Cops bust teen they say fatally stabbed Tessa Majors

Rashaun Weaver, 14, was busted in Brooklyn on Friday night -- and will be tried as an adult on two counts of murder.

Columbia University hires NYPD commander for new security gig

Timothy Malin, 42, is retiring as deputy inspector of the 20th Precinct on Thursday. He is expected to begin his new job as Columbia's director of public safety on Feb....

Teen charged in Barnard slaying struggling in juvie, lawyers say

The 13-year-old charged in the stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors is "the youngest and the smallest individual" in his juvenile lock-up, his attorneys complained Thursday — as...

Cop describes finding knife on Tessa Majors murder suspect

A cop on Wednesday described the moment he found a knife on the 13-year-old charged in the slaying of Barnard College student Tessa Majors when he was taken into custody...

Tessa Majors' father spotted at first pre-trial court hearing

Tessa Majors’ father showed up to a Manhattan Family Court room Tuesday during the first pre-trial hearing in his daughter’s murder case. Inman Majors, an novelist and English professor at...

DNA tying teen suspect to Tessa Majors' murder inconclusive, sources say

A grand jury will soon weigh cops' case against two teen suspects in the Morningside Park murder of Tessa Majors, with an eye towards a possible indictment, law-enforcement sources have...

Grand jury will soon weigh charges in murder of Barnard student Tessa Majors

The panel will review the evidence cops have assembled since the Dec. 11 murder of Majors in what sources have called a robbery gone wrong.

Judge keeps 13-year-old Barnard stabbing suspect locked up, sets trial date

A Manhattan Family Court judge on Thursday ordered Tessa Majors murder suspect Zyairr Davis to stay locked up while he awaits trial in mid-March. Judge Carol Goldstein noted the seriousness...

Mom of suspected Tessa Majors killer has old stabbing on her rap sheet

Like mother, like son? The 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has a mother with a stabbing of her own on her rap sheet, The...

Suspect may have killed Barnard student because 'she bit his finger'

The 14-year-old mugger suspected of killing Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors likely snapped and stabbed her to death because she bit his finger, law enforcement sources told The Post on...

Barnard faculty receive barrage of racist robocalls after Tessa Majors killing

Faculty at Barnard College have received "abhorrent and viciously racist" robocalls related to the death of student Tessa Majors, the school said Thursday.

Suspect in Barnard student's killing spotted coming out of NYC law office

The prime suspect in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors was seen leaving the Harlem offices of his defense lawyers on Thursday, just hours after cops took...