US police arrest 17-year-old over fatal shooting of 15-year-old Ghanaian boy in New York

New York police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect over the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Ghanaian student Javits Frimpong, whose family alleged he had experienced bullying before his death.

A 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Ghanaian schoolboy, Javits Frimpong, in New York.

According to the Daily Mail, police detained the unnamed teenager on Wednesday, November 11, nearly two weeks after Frimpong was shot in the stomach while walking to school on October 29.

The suspect was taken to the New York Police Department’s 42nd Precinct for questioning, while detectives continued searching for teenagers believed to have participated.

Frimpong, who moved from Ghana to New York about a year earlier, died after being rushed to hospital.

His father, Thomas Frimpong, alleged that his son had repeatedly faced bullying at school and said two students had recently been suspended.

“He said any time I’m going to lunch, that one, especially one of them, always bullies him,” Thomas said.

The family has retained civil rights lawyer Ben Crump. Police have not established whether the reported bullying was connected to the killing. ABC7 New York +2