Vigil held for 15-year-old Javits Frimpong killed in Bronx shooting
A vigil was held for 15-year-old Javits Frimpong was shot and killed on his way to school in Claremont.
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The life of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong was mourned Tuesday night, after it was tragically cut short when the teen was shot and killed while walking to school last week.
Clergy and community members joined together in prayer and pleaded for unity and change.
“I don’t want to do one more funeral for one more baby," Rev. J. Russell said. "For one more person that’s died at the hands of someone else."
A vigil was held outside a growing memorial at the intersection of 171st Street and Crotona Place, where the deadly shooting happened. It included messages from classmates and neighbors calling for justice for Frimpong.
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“Why you had to carry a gun early in the morning?" vigil attendee Queen said, "9 a.m., trying to take somebody’s life?”
Attorney General Letitia James was also in attendance.
“I’ve removed over 10,000 illegal guns," James said. "We still need to remove these guns from the hands of individuals who use them, unfortunately, in crimes.”
Many speakers at the vigil called for the perpetrators to come forward.
“Let me say to you that have committed this act," Bishop Gerald Seabrooks of United Clergy Coalition said, "turn yourself in.”
No arrests have been made in the case. The NYPD says it is searching for three males between 16 and 18 years old in connection with the shooting.
