A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, who was killed while walking to school in the Bronx, New York.
This is according to a news report by the New York Daily News on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
The suspect, the report said, was being held at the NYPD’s 42nd Precinct stationhouse, with charges pending.
It was not immediately clear whether he was the alleged shooter or an accomplice in the October 29 killing.
Javits Frimpong was shot in the abdomen at about 9:24 a.m. on Crotona Place, near East 171st Street, just a block from his home in the Mott Haven neighbourhood.
He was on his way to DreamYard Preparatory School when he was attacked.
Footage reportedly shows three hooded attackers wearing surgical masks chasing the teenager along the street before one of them shot him.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said the attackers shot Frimpong in the back and took steps to conceal evidence at the scene.
“All three gave chase,” Kenny said last week. “And these cowards shot him in the back. If their intention was to rob him, he dropped his backpack.”
He added that the attackers picked up the shell casings after the shooting, suggesting they had planned their actions.
According to investigators, the suspects had been in Crotona Park before the shooting and fled to Manhattan afterwards. Surveillance footage reportedly captured them jumping a turnstile at Freeman Street station before boarding a No. 5 train.
Javits Frimpong was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he underwent surgery. Although initially believed to be in stable condition, he died shortly afterwards.
The killing has sparked outrage and devastated members of the Ghanaian immigrant community in New York, while also raising concerns about bullying in city schools.
The victim’s father, Thomas Frimprong, told detectives that two fellow students had recently been suspended for bullying his son.
However, Kenny said investigators had not established whether bullying was connected to the killing.
“It’s one aspect we’re looking at, as well as others,” he said.
Police are also investigating whether Frimpong knew his attackers or had any previous connection with them.
