Teenager Charged With Murder in Bronx Shooting of 15-Year-Old Javits Frimpong

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong in the Bronx, New York, according to The Guardian.

Police took the suspect from his home for questioning on Wednesday morning and brought him to the 42nd precinct of the New York Police Department (NYPD), the city's police force. He faces charges including murder, manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon and other firearm-related offences.

The shooting took place on 29 October near Crotona Park. According to the NYPD, officers responding to a report of gunfire at about 9:24am found Javits with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Javits was a sophomore at DreamYard Preparatory School. He had moved to the United States from Ghana a year earlier to live with his father, who works as a taxi driver.

Investigators had been searching for three teenage boys believed to be connected to the shooting. Authorities have not ruled out further arrests in the case.

The family has hired Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney. Crump said a juvenile suspect had reportedly been charged in the killing. The arrest came hours before attorneys for the family held a news conference in Harlem, another Manhattan neighbourhood.