Javits, who was allegedly being bullied by fellow students, was shot while walking to school in the Bronx on Oct. 29, 2026, and later died from his injury

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• Javits Frimpong, 15, moved to the U.S. from Ghana on Oct. 28, 2025, in hopes of a better life and to get a good education, his family said
• On Oct 29, 2026, one year and one day after he arrived, he was shot and killed while walking to school
• Now a 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with Javits’ death, police said

A teenager has been arrested and charged with murder following the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy while he was walking to school, police said.

On Wed., Nov. 11, the New York Police Department announced on X that a 17-year-old male had been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Oct. 29 shooting death of Javits Frimpong, of the Bronx.

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE that the 17-year-old was also charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.

The alleged shooter’s name is being withheld because he is a minor.

“The 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,” the NYPD said in the post on X.

The incident came to light on Thursday, Oct. 29, at about 9:24 a.m., when police rushed to E. 171 Street and Crotona Place responding to a call that a male had been shot, the NYPD said in a statement at the time, PEOPLE previously reported.

Arriving officers found Javits suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.

Surveillance video shows Javits running down the street for his life as he was being chased by someone dressed in black, NBC New York reports.

In the video, the person dressed in black stops and turns around, while Javits appears to drop to the ground.

He had been shot while walking to school, one block from where he lived with his family, police said.

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He was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died.

After the shooting, the boy’s father, Thomas Frimpong, said he had just learned that his son was being bullied at school and that the students who were allegedly bullying him had recently been suspended, ABC 7 NY, ABC New York, and Fox 5 NY reported. 

“The principal told me Javits is innocent,” Frimpong said, per ABC 7 NY. “Javits is innocent. He was defending himself.”

Frimpong said his son had reported the bullying to school officials, NBC New York reports. 

He said he believes his son was shot in retaliation, per NBC New York.

Just one year ago, Javits moved to the Bronx from Ghana to live with his father and to have a better life, Frimpong said. 

Javits’ mother still lives in the West African country.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the shooting and immediately reached out to President Donald Trump to have her visa expedited so she could come to the U.S. and mourn the death of her son.

“The murder of a child is a pain no parent should have to endure, let alone from thousands of miles away,” the mayor said in an Oct. 31 statement.

“All of New York City is mourning this tragedy.”

In a GoFundMe started to help Javits’ family, which has raised more than $915,000, the organizer wrote that Javits had been in the U.S. for exactly one year and one day when he was killed.

“Javits came to the United States from Ghana, full of hope for a brighter future and a better education,” the organizer wrote.

“May Javits’s soul rest in perfect peace.”

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