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Video shows Bronx teen running for life before deadly shooting his dad believes is linked to school bullying

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Marino, J., Narizhnaya, K., & O’Neill, J. (2026, October 30). Video shows Bronx teen running for life before deadly shooting his dad believes is linked to school bullying. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/us-news/video-shows-bronx-teen-running-for-life-before-shot-dead/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-30 · by Joe Marino, Khristina Narizhnaya, Jesse O’Neill

Quick Summary

A video shows 15-year-old Javits Frimpong running through his Bronx neighborhood before he was shot and later died. The incident occurred around 9:25 a.m. on Thursday at East 171 Street and Third Avenue. Frimpong's father believes the shooting is linked to bullying at school. Police report that three males, aged between 16 and 18, fled the scene wearing all black clothing with masks; no arrests have been made yet.
Written by AI on 2026-10-31, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On October 27, 2026, 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, who recently moved to New York City from Ghana and was experiencing bullying at school, was fatally shot while walking to class in the Bronx. The incident occurred around 9:25 a.m. near East 171 Street and Third Avenue, close to Crotona Park. According to police reports, three suspects, likely aged between 16 and 18 and dressed entirely in black, fled the scene after firing shots.

Following the shooting, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani contacted US President Donald Trump to request a visa for Frimpong's mother so she could visit her son's grave. Trump agreed, granting an immediate visa to the Ghanaian woman on October 31, as reported by several outlets including The Independent World and Al Jazeera.

The tragedy has sparked widespread community mourning, with thousands attending vigils in support of Frimpong, highlighting concerns over immigrant safety and school bullying in New York City.

Written for “Trump Agrees Visa for Mother of Bronx Teen Killed” on 2026-11-01, grounded in this article and the 11 other(s) covering the same event.

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📰 Trump Agrees Visa for Mother of Bronx Teen Killed
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“While both articles describe the shooting of Javits Frimpong, Article A covers the incident itself and its immediate aftermath, while Article B reports on a later development involving the granting of a visa to his mother.”
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Who wrote this

Joe Marino
55 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 The city’s medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 She did not discuss her purchase of the murder weapon but said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.”
🔮 Local officials are expected to hold another press conference with additional details around 8:30 p.m. EST.
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
🔮 None of that stopped Mayor Zohran Mamdani from referring to Belgal as “a New Yorker” in a raging tribute Thursday against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a label some Bronx locals took offense to.
🔮 Jacob Freytes’ mother, meanwhile, ripped New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s calls for ICE to “be abolished” after the bloody run-in with Belgal this week — which sparked rowdy anti-ICE protests across the Big Apple.
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Khristina Narizhnaya
9 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 I will share funding away from government to faith-based organizations, who work in the community, who live in the community.”
🔮 The way trucks are tolled may be keeping them parked in the zone, Geotab data showed.
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
🔮 “I wanted to make sure that if I wasn’t able to do anything, I would just be able to save him long enough for EMS.”
🔮 She left and came to live by me, but she would come back [to him].”
🔮 The Big Apple celebrated the late singer and icon Friday for an official Dolly Parton Appreciation Day — and nearly 1,000 lucky kids will get books for a year in her honor.
🔮 “This summer, the mayor of New York demonized supporters of Israel and focused on singling out the Jewish state for criticism,” said Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz of the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, referring to Mamdani’s alleged divisive recent anti-Israel comments.
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Jesse O’Neill
23 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 The towering 76-foot-tall tree is expected to be cut down late next week and driven some 200 miles to Manhattan several days later ahead of a nationally televised tree lighting ceremony Dec. 2.
🔮 The Memphis rapper, whose real name is Lontrell Williams Jr., was being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and allotted only two visitation hours a month ahead of his trial on federal kidnapping and armed robbery charges
🔮 Noah Lara, 20, Wyatt Carr, 18, William Oldner, 19 and Tyler Fogg, 18, were all arrested on hazing charges, according to police.
🔮 The mom wept in court Friday as she was sentenced to stay indefinitely at a secure psychiatric hospital by a judge who accepted that her horrific act was “almost entirely attributable to mental disorder.” “It is my view you would not have done what you have if you were well,” Judge Thomas Linden told the mom during her sentencing.
🔮 The hero entered the classroom to see a teacher trying to pry a Maverick 88 pump-action 12-gauge shotgun away from the crazed killer — and opened fire several times on the teen before John could unload his 44 remaining rounds of ammunition, police said.
🔮 “There’s always a risk associated with it, no matter how skilled or well trained we are, we have to be so careful, and even then, something could still happen,” Jeremy Smith, 49, lead aviation tactics instructor for Airborne Tactical Training Solutions in Miami, told The Post Monday.
🔮 She did not discuss her purchase of the murder weapon but said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.”
🔮 Scientists also found a repeating brightness cycle of about 4.4 days, which could line up with the day and night temperature variation of a massive planet orbiting very close to its star — at .04 Astronomical Units, or 25 times closer than the Earth is to the Sun.
🔮 She’s the most beautiful baby God could have created.”
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Topics

329 The DreamYard Preparatory School Bronx Claremont Ghana The Post

Subjects

Ghana GPE · 2× The Post ORG · 2× Thomas Frimpong PERSON · 2× 329 The DreamYard Preparatory School ORG · 1× Bronx GPE · 1× Claremont GPE · 1× Frimpong PERSON · 1× Javits Frimpong PERSON · 1× Karolinne Guerrero PERSON · 1× St. Barnabas Hospital ORG · 1×

Narrative

The principal had called just two days before the murder to tell Thomas Frimpong that his “very quiet” son was being bullied, he said. “He said, two boys were fighting with my son, and the two boys got suspended,” the dad said.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-31
🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”

Claims (28 extracted, 2 hedged)

Harrowing video shows a 15-year-old Bronx boy running for his life before he collapsed and later died in a shooting his dad believes is tied to ongoing bullying at school. asserted
dad → show → school
Javits Frimpong was seen sprinting through his Claremont neighborhood Thursday alongside someone else dressed all in black who then stopped as the 15-year-old victim continued running. asserted
victim → see → black
The teen, who had been on his way to school, then collapsed at East 171 Street and Third Avenue after taking a bullet to the stomach around 9:25 a.m., according to police and law enforcement sources. uncertain
who → collapse → sources
He was initially listed in stable condition but later succumbed to his injuries. asserted
He → list → injuries
Frimpong had recently immigrated to the US from Ghana — and was being bullied at 329 The DreamYard Preparatory School, according to his father, Thomas Frimpong, 60, who told The Post he believes it is tied to the slaying. uncertain
it → immigrate → slaying
The principal had called just two days before the murder to tell Thomas Frimpong that his “very quiet” son was being bullied, he said. “He said, two boys were fighting with my son, and the two boys got suspended,” the dad said. asserted
dad → call → son
He got another call Thursday — this time with even more harrowing news. asserted
He → get → news
“The principal called me that my son has been shot,” he said, adding that he rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital to see his boy before having to break the news to relatives still in Ghana. asserted
he → call → Ghana
“I just called his mother [in Ghana] and even I can’t hear her voice, crying, crying, crying. asserted
I → call → voice
All the family members are crying,” he said, breaking down with his own emotions. asserted
he → cry → emotions
Three males wearing all black, believed to be between 16 and 18 years old, were spotted fleeing the scene after the burst of gunfire, cops said. asserted
cops → wear → gunfire
A nearby witness described seeing two males wearing all black with facemasks running in the park as she was walking to school when she heard a gunshot. asserted
she → describe → gunshot
“I heard like a gunshot. asserted
I → hear → gunshot
I’m like, ‘Am I tripping?’ asserted
I → ’m → ?
It came from, like, inside the park,” 18-year-old Karolinne Guerrero said. asserted
Guerrero → come → park
Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.” asserted
she → say → school
“I feel scared ’cause I live right there. asserted
I → feel → ?
I’m like, yo, I’m scared.” asserted
I → ’m → ?
A nearby neighbor who witnessed the shooting unfold from his window said two boys “ambushed” Javits. asserted
boys → witness → Javits
The witness, who declined to give his name, told The Post two boys “ran after him, shot him, ran off into the park.” asserted
boys → decline → park
“The boy was lying there for about a half hour before the cops came,” he said, noting that he feels really guilty for not calling the cops but he didn’t want to jeopardize his parole. asserted
he → lie → parole
“People were just walking by him. asserted
People → walk → him
Then a lady came out [of the nearby homeless shelter] and she called 911. asserted
she → come → 911
She was frantic,” he said. asserted
he → say → ?
“It’s like back in the day. asserted
It → ’ → day
Nothing ever changes. asserted
Nothing → change → ?
They’re still shooting each other,” the witness added. asserted
witness → shoot → other
No arrests have been made and the motive for the violence remains under investigation, cops said Friday By Joe Marino, Amanda Woods, Khristina Narizhnaya, Ella Morrison asserted
cops → make → Marino
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