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A teenager has been arrested for murder after a 15-year-old Ghanaian immigrant was shot and killed on his way to school in New York City.
Javits Frimpong was fatally shot in the Bronx on Oct. 29 and police haven’t yet revealed a motive in the killing. News of a 17-year-old’s arrest in the case came Wednesday as Frimpong’s family gathered for a previously planned news conference.
“I need justice for my child,” Frimpong's mother, Doris Adu Gyamfi, said through tears at the event hosted by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Ghana's U.N. ambassador, Samuel Yao Kumah, at Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters.
Frimpong’s death sparked protests in New York and led Mayor Zohran Mamdani to ask President Donald Trump to arrange a visa for Frimpong's mother to travel to the U.S.
The teen’s family previously said he was being bullied at school and Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said police were looking into bullying or other possible motives including robbery. Kenny suggested there were “three perpetrators” involved.
“What we're all wondering is: Why? Why did they kill this young man, this person with such a bright future?”
