{"id":305947,"date":"2026-07-26T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305947\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:34:53","slug":"12-year-old-son-of-a-police-officer-shot-dead-outside-new-york-bodega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305947\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old son of a police officer shot dead outside New York bodega"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 12-year-old son of a New York City<\/a> police officer was shot and killed when gunshots were fired into a crowd outside a Bronx bodega<\/a>, according to reports. <\/p>\n

Two people were injured, and the 12-year-old was killed in the shooting following a fight on Elliot Place near the Grand Concourse around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities told the New York Post. <\/a><\/p>\n

The young boy, who authorities identified as Jacob Freytes, was shopping at Wanda Deli Grocery when he was shot, News 12 reported. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe heard a commotion at the store. The bullet went straight into his chest. He fell off his bike,\u201d the 12-year-old\u2019s uncle Julio Lopez told the Post.<\/p>\n

Jacob\u2019s father was a sergeant in the NYPD. He was in Connecticut at the time of the shooting, Lopez said. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe 12-year-old son of a NYPD sergeant was shot dead outside a Bronx bodega over the weekend, according to reports (Google Maps)<\/p>\n

Surveillance footage released by the United Bodegas Association showed the 12-year-old paying at the deli\u2019s cash register, leaving the store and getting on his bike moments before he was shot. <\/p>\n

Immediately after, the footage showed a fight break out in front of him.<\/p>\n

The fight involved six men, police sources told the Post. It was not immediately clear what caused the brawl and who was the intended target of the gunfire. <\/p>\n

After he was shot, Jacob ran back inside the bodega, holding his shoulder in pain while trying to get help. The footage later showed him collapsing onto the floor, according to the report. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was saying hi to the guys on the block,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cHe showed respect. He was a good kid. He\u2019s gonna be missed.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jacob was taken to an area hospital where he was declared dead, police said. <\/p>\n

The two people who were injured include a 25-year-old man who was hit in the buttocks and a 34-year-old man who was struck in the foot. Both men were taken to the hospital in stable condition. <\/p>\n

There have been no arrests and authorities have not shared any information about potential suspects. The shooting remains under investigation, police said. <\/p>\n

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson said her \u201cheart is so heavy\u201d following the shooting. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am outraged, I\u2019m heartbroken, I\u2019m disgusted, just an unimaginable pain,\u201d she said in a video shared on X. <\/p>\n

\u201cA 12-year-old lost his life, an innocent bystander, standing outside of a grocery store with his bicycle, was hit by a bullet that was not meant for him,\u201d Gibson said. \u201cAnd now he\u2019s gone.\u201d <\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also slammed the shooting, calling it a \u201cheinous act\u201d on X. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur children should be able to ride their bikes on a nice summer day in their neighborhood without fear of being shot,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe cannot accept this violence as normal.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-305947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","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\/305947","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=305947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}