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Teens charged with murdering NYC newlywed who was protecting her love texts

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(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Three teenagers wanted in the deadly shooting of a newlywed who wouldn't turn over a cell phone full of her husband's romantic texts were caught after being arrested for an unrelated robbery.

Corey Brown and Ian Green, both 17, were arrested on murder charges in the death of 23-year-old Rabia Mohammed. A third suspect, 16-year-old Tiyquon Hodges, was arrested on robbery charges.

According to police, the three were nabbed in an unrelated robbery on March 17, four days after the killing. Police did not provide further details of the second crime.

Mohammed was shot while walking with her husband, Shazam Khan, in Queens on Sunday, March 13. Muggers surrounded the couple and demanded Mohammed's purse. When Mohammed wouldn't give up the purse the muggers shot her twice in the chest.

Khan said his wife likely put up a fight because she cherished the texts he had left on her phone.

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