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15-year-old Javits Frimpong fatally shot near school in the Bronx
Javits Frimpong, 15, was fatally shot in the Bronx on Thursday morning while walking to school near Crotona Park.
Police said he was shot in the stomach and later died at a hospital.
Investigators are searching for up to three teens, but police have not named suspects or made arrests.
Frimpong’s father said his son had recently faced bullying at school and believed it might be linked to the killing.
Police have not established a motive or said whether Frimpong was the intended target.
The killing has renewed calls from neighborhood residents for more programs to keep young people engaged and away from violence.
The investigation is ongoing, and police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
Javits Frimpong, 15, was fatally shot in the stomach while walking to school in the Bronx on Thursday morning.
Police said the shooting happened near Crotona Park, around East 171st Street and Third Avenue.
Frimpong was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he later died.
Police were searching for up to three teenage suspects, and no arrests had been made.
Frimpong’s father said he believed bullying may have been linked to the shooting, but investigators had not established what led to it.
- Who
- Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old boy, was killed. Police were searching for up to three teenage suspects.
- What
- Frimpong was shot in the stomach and later died at a hospital.
- When
- Thursday morning, October 29, 2026, at about 9:30 a.m.
- Where
- Near Crotona Park in the Bronx, around East 171st Street and Third Avenue.
- Why
- Not stated. His father said he believed the shooting may have been tied to bullying.
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Officers responded to a report of a person shot near East 171st Street and Third Avenue.
Frimpong was shot in the stomach near Crotona Park.
Frimpong was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he later died.
Police were searching for suspects, and no arrests had been made.
- Victim
- Javits Frimpong, 15
- Shooting time
- Thursday, October 29, 2026, about 9:30 a.m.
- Location
- Near East 171st Street and Third Avenue, Bronx
- Injury
- Gunshot wound to the stomach
- Hospital
- St. Barnabas Hospital
- Suspects
- Police were searching for up to three teenage boys; no arrests had been made.
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What people are saying
The principal told me Javits is innocent. Javits is innocent. He was defending himself.
He has been telling the principal, he’s been telling the boy is disturbing him
I see the young boy run past my bedroom window, but I didn’t know he had got shot. And there was another guy on the fire hydrant, and when he heard the gunfire, he ran too,
Stop the violence, that's all, stay home, stay in school.