A 17-year-old suspect was taken into police custody on Wednesday, the 11th, in connection with the shooting death of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old Ghanaian immigrant who was shot and killed in the Bronx on his way to school on Thursday, Oct. 29. The suspect is being questioned at the 42nd Precinct, and charges have not yet been determined.
According to amNewYork, a 17-year-old has been taken into police custody as a suspect in the shooting death of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong in the Bronx on Thursday, Oct. 29, citing sources familiar with the investigation. The suspect is being questioned at the 42nd Precinct, and the sources said charges have not yet been determined.
Frimpong, an immigrant from Ghana, was chased and shot near East 171st Street and Crotona Place in Claremont, the Bronx, while walking to school on Oct. 29. He was shot in the abdomen and died at St. Barnabas Hospital. After news of the case spread, protests followed, including student walkouts demanding justice and an end to gun violence.
Police said three suspects approached Frimpong while trying to disguise themselves to conceal their identities. Frimpong dropped his bag as he fled, and another passerby took it, so it was not recovered. NYPD Chief of Detectives Kenny said the suspects returned and picked up the shell casings. According to law enforcement officials, they then fled to the Freeman Avenue subway station and jumped the turnstiles.
Frimpong was a student who had come to the United States with his father about a year earlier. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that, after speaking with President Trump, the president issued an emergency visa to Frimpong's mother. The family is raising funds on the fundraising site GoFundMe for funeral costs and other expenses. Chief Kenny said Frimpong was a student focused on his studies. amNewYork reported the story as breaking news and said it would update it with further developments.