Javits Frimpong killed in Bronx shooting on school route
Javits Frimpong, 15, shot dead while being chased to school in the Bronx on Thursday morning.
A 15-year-old boy from Ghana was chased and shot in the stomach near Crotona Park in the Bronx on Thursday at about 9:24am. Javits Frimpong died in hospital.
Police are searching for three teenage boys and have made no arrests. The shooting was captured on surveillance footage showing Frimpong running with a person in black trailing behind.
His father says Frimpong had been bullied at DreamYard preparatory school, and that two students were recently suspended for harassing him. Frimpong had been in the US for just one year, having moved to New York to reunite with his father after leaving Ghana.
- 15 years old
- Victim's age
- Thursday at 9:24am
- Time of shooting
- Near Crotona Park in the Bronx
- Location
- One year since arriving from Ghana
- Time in US
Why it mattersThe death highlights the danger of school bullying and gun violence in US cities, sparking outrage among New York's West African community and drawing attention from Ghana's government.
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect, but the case highlights the risks Australian families might weigh when considering migration to the United States.
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