NYC news: Police arrested a 17-year-old on a murder charge in the Bronx shooting death of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong. The suspect was picked up for questioning at his home Wednesday morning and taken to the 42nd Precinct.
The NYPD is not identifying the teenager because of his age. He faces murder, manslaughter and other firearm-related charges after the Oct. 29 shooting, when Frimpong was shot in the stomach while on his way to school.
Freeman St subway station
Investigators had been looking for three teenagers after the shooting. Police said the group wore black sweatsuits and blue surgical masks, picked up shell casings at the scene, then fled into the Freeman St subway station, jumped the turnstile and boarded a No. 5 subway train to Manhattan.
That sequence leaves one part of the case open: police have moved on one suspect, but investigators initially said they were seeking three teenagers. What role the other two played has not been explained in the charging announcement.
Doris Gyamfi in Ghana
Doris Gyamfi travelled from Ghana to mourn her son’s death and told a press conference, "I need justice for my child," and "That's all, I have only one child." Thomas Frimpong said he was happy to learn that someone had been charged and added, "I brought Javits from Ghana to continue his education here in the United States... He was very, very, very excited," and "Unfortunately, on the 29th day of October, I was at work when I heard that my son had been shot."
Millicent Boateng said her brother wanted to be a physician and wanted to be in the military. She also read from his journal: "School has been good since I came to the United States." Ben Crump said he is seeking a full investigation by the Department of Education into what officials knew and when they knew it.
Nov. 20 funeral
Crump told the press conference, "We want these, apparently, kids who murdered Javits to be held fully accountable under the law, because that is equal justice," as the family prepared for a funeral scheduled for Nov. 20. The arrest answers the first public question in the case, but the broader investigation still has to determine whether the other two teenagers will face charges tied to the same shooting.
