Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Jets' Kris Boyd

A 20-year-old man from the Bronx was taken into custody in a Buffalo suburb on Monday in connection with the shooting of New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd outside a Midtown Manhattan restaurant last month, according to law enforcement officials.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force in Amherst, New York, early on Dec. 8. No charges have been filed yet, but authorities expect him to face attempted murder counts once he is transported to Manhattan, sources familiar with the investigation said. The man has a history of prior arrests, including one this year for reckless endangerment and a sealed juvenile case from 2018 involving robbery, along with other sealed offenses related to possession of identification and controlled substances.

The incident occurred just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 16 outside Sei Less, an Asian fusion restaurant on West 38th Street near Seventh Avenue. Boyd, 29, was with fellow Jets players Irvin Charles and Jamien Sherwood when a group of men began mocking their clothing as they arrived, police said. The athletes ignored the taunts at first and entered the venue briefly but left soon after, at...