15-year-old Ghanaian teenager shot dead in New York
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old Ghanaian teenager, was shot dead near his school in the Bronx, New York, according to CBS News. Police are searching for three suspects aged 16 to 18; the victim’s father says his son had reported bullying before his death.
Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old Ghanaian teenager, was shot dead on Thursday morning in the Bronx, New York, while walking near his school, CBS News reports. New York police say he was shot in the abdomen shortly before 9.30am near East 171st Street and Crotona Place. He died in hospital.
Police are searching for three suspects aged between 16 and 18, last seen wearing black clothing and blue surgical masks. Investigators have not established a motive for the shooting, according to CBS News.
The teenager’s father, Thomas Frimpong, told CBS News that his son had left Ghana about a year earlier to live with him in the United States. He says the teenager had repeatedly reported being bullied at Dreamyard Preparatory School. New York police are asking anyone with information to contact their Crime Stoppers line.
