17-year-old arrested for fatal Bronx shooting of student Javits Frimpong, 15
A teenager has been charged with murder over the October shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong in the Bronx. Frimpong had arrived from Ghana just last year.
Bronx teen charged with murder in school-run shooting death
A 17-year-old was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong in the Bronx last month, ny1.com reports.
The NYPD charged the teenager — detained in the 42nd Precinct — with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
Frimpong was shot in the stomach on 29 October while walking to school near East 171st Street and Crotona Place, and later died at a hospital. Surveillance footage showed him running from a pursuer before collapsing on the pavement, according to police.
Frimpong had moved to the United States from Ghana the previous year with his father. His father told NY1 that his son was quiet and had reported being bullied at school just days before the shooting.
His mother travelled from Ghana to help plan the funeral after President Donald Trump granted an emergency visa at the request of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Source: Google News MT — Crime (en)