A 15-year-old Ghanaian boy, Javits Frimpong, has been shot dead while walking near his school in the Bronx borough of New York, United States, CBS News reports on Thursday.\n<\/p>\n
Frimpong was shot once in the abdomen shortly before 9:30 am on Thursday near East 171st Street and Crotona Place in the Claremont section of the Bronx, according to the New York Police Department.\n<\/p>\n
CBS News, which reported the incident, said police took the teenager to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.\n<\/p>\n
The police are searching for three teenage suspects, aged between 16 and 18, who were last seen wearing black clothing and blue surgical masks.<\/p>\n
Investigators have not disclosed what led to the shooting.<\/p>\n
Frimpong\u2019s father, Thomas Frimpong, told CBS News that his son had moved from Ghana to the United States about a year ago to live with him.\n<\/p>\n
He said he learnt about the shooting from the principal of his son\u2019s school, Dreamyard Preparatory, who contacted him.<\/p>\n
The grieving father also alleged that his son had been bullied by another student and had reported the incidents several times. <\/p>\n
According to him, two boys had fought with his son days before the shooting and were suspended following the incident.\n<\/p>\n
He said his son later confided in him that another student repeatedly bullied him during lunch breaks.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAny time I am going to lunch, that guy keep on bullying me,\u201d the boy reportedly told his father, who said the teenager had complained about the alleged bullying on several occasions.\n<\/p>\n
CBS News said it contacted the school and the New York City Department of Education over the father\u2019s allegations, but neither had responded at the time of its report.\n<\/p>\n
Describing his son as quiet, Thomas said he was devastated by the loss.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cMy son is very quiet. My son didn\u2019t talk. He don\u2019t talk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also appealed to those responsible for the killing to surrender to the police, saying he did not believe they should go unpunished for taking an innocent child\u2019s life.\n<\/p>\n
The NYPD urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact its Crime Stoppers hotline.\n <\/p>\n
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