{"id":305906,"date":"2026-07-26T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305906\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:15:07","slug":"jacob-freytas-12-idd-as-cops-son-shot-dead-outside-nyc-bodega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305906\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Freytas, 12, ID’d as cop’s son shot dead outside NYC bodega"},"content":{"rendered":"

The innocent 12-year-old son of a cop who was shot dead in the Bronx<\/a> was identified early Friday as Jacob Freytas \u2014 as heartbreaking video shows him collapsing in a bodega after running back in while clutching his chest.<\/p>\n

Freytas, of Mount Eden, was an innocent bystander when a stray bullet hit him in the chest during a fight outside a store on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse, shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, cops said.<\/p>\n

Security video obtained by The Post shows Jacob leaving his bike outside the bodega to go in and buy a ball, before coming out again just as a wild brawl breaks out in the street.<\/p>\n

The innocent 12-year-old son of a cop who was shot dead in the Bronx was identified early Friday. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n

Freytas, of Mount Eden, was an innocent bystander when a stray bullet hit him in the chest during a fight outside a store on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse, shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, cops said. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n

The 12-year-old bystander can be seen through the door as he gets on his bike to ride away \u2014 then looking at the commotion outside as shots are fired.<\/p>\n

The preteen then gets off his bike and runs back into the bodega clutching his chest \u2014 with harrowing footage then showing him collapsing as others look on in horror.<\/p>\n

Devastated loved ones told The Post on Saturday that the boy\u2019s father is a police sergeant who was in Connecticut at the time of his son\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n

Julio Lopez, the boy\u2019s uncle, said he was walking his dogs when he heard shots ring out and \u201csaw people running from around the corner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob was hit through the shoulder and transported to NYC Health and Hospitals\/Lincoln, where he died. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n

heartbreaking video shows him collapsing in a bodega after running back in while clutching his chest. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was saying hi to guys up the block. He showed respect\u2026 He was a good kid. He\u2019s gonna be missed,\u201d added Lopez, who said he had seen Jacob just that morning.<\/p>\n

Up to six men were reportedly involved in the violent brawl, although it wasn\u2019t immediately clear how many people opened fire.<\/p>\n

Two other males were shot during the fight outside the Wanda Deli Grocery, including a 34-year-old with a gunshot wound to the left foot, and a 25-year-old who was hit in the buttocks, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

Security video obtained by The Post shows Jacob leaving his bike outside the bodega to go in and buy a ball. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n

Jacob was hit through the shoulder and transported to NYC Health and Hospitals\/Lincoln, where he died.<\/p>\n

The other two victims were listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The innocent 12-year-old son of a cop who was shot dead in the Bronx was identified early Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,1015,4542,57,9,24,63,3980,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-305906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-deaths","tag-guns","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-shootings","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}