{"id":305933,"date":"2026-07-26T14:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305933\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:12:39","slug":"aunt-of-jacob-freytes-killed-by-stray-bullet-in-the-bronx-mourns-typical-12-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305933\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt of Jacob Freytes, killed by stray bullet in the Bronx, mourns ‘typical 12-year-old boy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The devastated aunt of a young boy killed by an apparent stray bullet<\/a> as he rode his bicycle in the Bronx tearfully described him as a \u201ctypical 12-year-old boy\u201d Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The aunt of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes wept as she spoke about her fallen nephew, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, in a brief interview with the Daily News. \u201cHe\u2019s a typical 12-year-old boy,\u201d Bruni Freytes said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s all I can say right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video of the incident shows Jacob on his bike outside the Wanda Supermarket Deli, at Eliot Place and Grand Concourse in Mount Eden, where he had just made a purchase, when a fight breaks out in the roadway in front of him. A man can then be seen pulling a gun and firing shots, as people scatter in panic.<\/p>\n

Jacob, who was struck in the shoulder by a bullet, ran back into the store, clutched his shoulder and collapsed on the floor.<\/p>\n

Medics took Jacob to Lincoln Hospital where he was in critical condition and later died.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Saturday, July 25th, 2026 will forever mark the darkest day of my family\u2019s life. My brother called me with news that my nephew was shot and killed on Elliot St. Bronx, NY. A victim and another statistic of gun violence on our streets,\u201d Bruni Freytes wrote in a Facebook post early Sunday morning that has since been removed or made private.<\/p>\n

\u201cA twelve year old boy just riding his bike around the corner and no police in sight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my Jacob Kai Freytes at age 10,\u201d she continues, referring to a photo in the Facebook post. \u201cIn my mind he is still here, and I, his titi, reprimanding him to put away his clothes, his bike, and not eat in the room. But this boy is in my heart forever; the boy that was and the man he was shaping up to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two men, ages 34 and 25, were also shot and wounded \u2014 one in the left foot, the other in the buttocks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear who the shooter\u2019s intended target was, and police have made no arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The devastated aunt of a young boy killed by an apparent stray bullet as he rode his bicycle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-305933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305933","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=305933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}