The New York Police Department has arrested a 17-year-old boy over the murder of 15-year-old Ghanaian student, Javits Frimpong, who was shot dead while walking to school in the Bronx on October 29, 2026.\n<\/p>\n
The NYPD announced the arrest in a post on its official X account on Wednesday, saying detectives arrested the teenager earlier that morning and that he was being charged with murder.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cEarlier this morning, NYPD detectives arrested a 17-year-old male for the murder of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong on October 29, 2026 in the Bronx. He is being charged with murder.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NYPD will be relentless in our efforts to get dangerous people out of our communities, especially when it involves the murder of a 15-year-old boy,\u201d the police department said.<\/p>\n
According to ABC7 New York, the suspect was taken to the 42nd Precinct for questioning on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
There, the station reported that he was also facing manslaughter and firearm-related charges.\n<\/p>\n
The suspect\u2019s identity has not been released because he is a minor. Police have also not disclosed a motive for the killing.<\/p>\n
Frimpong was shot in the abdomen on October 29 while walking to school near East 171st Street and Crotona Place in the Claremont section of the Bronx.\n<\/p>\n
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.\n<\/p>\n
The Guardian, in a report published on October 30, said the teenager had moved from Ghana to the United States about a year earlier to reunite with his father, Thomas Frimpong.\n<\/p>\n
His father told the newspaper that his son had complained of bullying at school and that two students had reportedly been suspended over harassment.\n<\/p>\n
However, investigators had not established a link between the alleged bullying and the fatal shooting.\n<\/p>\n
PUNCH had earlier reported the incident in a story published on October 30, titled, \u201815-year-old Ghanaian boy shot dead near New York school<\/a>\u2019.\n<\/p>\n The newspaper reported that police were searching for three teenage suspects after the shooting.<\/p>\n