The NYPD has made an arrest in connection with the deadly shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the Bronx Saturday.
Surveillance video shows the moments leading up to shots being fired outside a bodega on Walton Avenue Mount Eden on Saturday.
1n the video, 12-year-old Jacob Freytes was seen on his bicycle when a fight broke out among a group of men in a nearby crosswalk. That’s when one of the men is seen pulling out a gun and starting to fire.
Authorities said Freytes was shot in the shoulder and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.
According to police, two adult men were also shot, a 34-year-old in the left foot and a 25-year-old in the buttocks. They were both treated at a hospital and are in stable condition, police said.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said 45-year-old William Ferrer was taken into custody outside his home Sunday morning. He’s now being charged with multiple offenses, including second-degree murder.
In a statement posted to social media, Tisch wrote, “Jacob was an innocent bystander on his bike when he was taken from his family yesterday in an act of senseless gun violence.”