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By Linda Ikeji
11 November 2026, 5:22 pm
A 17-year-old kid has actually been jailed in connection with the murder of Javits Frimpong, the 15-year-old Ghanaian kid, who was assassinated in New York while strolling to school.
The teenager suspect was detained by the NYPD Violent Crimes Task Force, and charges are pending, according to the New York Post.
Javits, a Ghanaian immigrant, was fatally shot in the stomach on October 29 near East 171st Street and Third Avenue while on his method to school.
He was on his method to DreamYard Preparatory School when he was shot.
Video gotten by the Daily News reveals 3 assaulters using hoods and surgical masks going after Javits down the street. Javits and among the opponents then quickly vanish out of frame before the aggressor jogs back in the opposite instructions.
“All three gave chase,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated recently. “And these cowards shot him in the back. If their intention was to rob him, he dropped his backpack.”
The enemies got the shell housings,”so they knew exactly what they were doing,”Kenny stated.
Before the shooting, the killers were hanging out in Crotona Park and after that ran away to Manhattan after the murder, according to Kenny. Monitoring video footage captured them leaping the gate at the Freeman St. station before taking the No. 5 train.
Medics hurried Javits to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he went through surgical treatment and was at first thought to be in steady condition. He passed away a brief time later on.
Javits’ dad Thomas Frimprong informed NYPD investigators 2 fellow trainees had actually just recently been suspended for bullying his child. Kenny stated it is not yet clear if bullying played a function in the murder. “It’s one aspect we’re looking at,” Kenny stated, “as well as others.”
The day before Javits passed away was the 1 year anniversary of the start of his brand-new life in the U.S. after emigrating from West Africa to join his daddy living in the Bronx.
“Yesterday, yesterday was his one year,” the mourning dad informed The News. Javits imagined being a medical professional.
“I want to go really far with education because you will earn money,” Javits composed in his journal, which his household shown The News.
“I figured out that when you start to win, people start to hate you and they try to bring you down,” he composed in another entry.
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