17-year-old boy arrested over alleged homicide of Ghanaian pupil in New York

The New York Police Department has arrested a 17-year-old suspect in reference to the killing of 15-year-old Ghanaian pupil, Javits Frimpong, who was shot useless whereas strolling to high school within the Bronx on October 29, 2026.

The police division introduced the arrest in an announcement posted on its official X account on Wednesday, confirming that detectives apprehended {the teenager} earlier that morning and charged him with homicide.

“Earlier this morning, NYPD detectives arrested a 17-year-old male for the murder of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong on October 29, 2026, in the Bronx. He is being charged with murder.

“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 division stated.

According to ABC7 New York, the suspect was taken to the forty second Precinct on Wednesday morning for questioning.

The tv station additional reported that he was dealing with further prices of manslaughter and firearm-related offences.

Authorities have withheld the suspect’s id as a result of he’s a minor. Police have additionally but to ascertain or disclose the motive behind the killing.

Frimpong was shot within the stomach on October 29 whereas heading to high school close to East 171st Street and Crotona Place within the Claremont neighbourhood of the Bronx.

He was subsequently rushed to a hospital, the place medical personnel pronounced him useless.

In a report revealed on October 30, The Guardian stated Frimpong had relocated from Ghana to the United States a couple of 12 months earlier to reunite together with his father, Thomas Frimpong.

His father instructed the newspaper that {the teenager} had beforehand complained about being bullied at college, including that two college students have been reportedly suspended over harassment.

However, investigators haven’t established any connection between the alleged bullying and the deadly taking pictures.