{"id":306075,"date":"2026-07-26T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306075\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:40:18","slug":"news-12-long-island-169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306075\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The NYPD announced the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/authorities-identify-12-year-old-boy-slain-in-mount-eden-bodega-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Freytes<\/a>, who was killed while riding his bicycle near a Bronx bodega.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police say William Ferrer, 45, of the Bronx, was taken into custody Sunday morning outside his home in connection with the shooting in the Mount Eden neighborhood. Investigators allege Ferrer <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/12-year-old-boy-killed-2-men-injured-in-mount-eden-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fatally shot Jacob and wounded two other people during the incident.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">According to authorities, Jacob was an innocent bystander when gunfire erupted. The 12-year-old&#8217;s death has sparked outrage and grief across the community.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Ferrer faces multiple charges, including:<\/p>\n<p>Murder in the second degree<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>Manslaughter in the first degree<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>Attempted murder in the second degree<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>Assault in the first degree<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>Assault in the second degree<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the arrest, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said no arrest can undo the family&#8217;s loss but pledged to continue pursuing justice for Jacob.<\/p>\n<p>United Bodegas of America President Radhames Rodriguez thanked NYPD detectives for what he described as the swift apprehension of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;We are extremely proud of and grateful to the NYPD for responding so efficiently and effectively in apprehending this criminal,&#8221; Rodriguez said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Rodriguez also called on the courts to keep the suspect in custody and prosecute the case to the fullest extent of the law.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;The grief and outrage that our entire community is feeling must be reflected in the severity of the penalty imposed on the suspect,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The organization said it remains committed to working with city leaders and elected officials to improve public safety and protect small business owners.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Stay with News 12 as this is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD announced the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, who was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-306075","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\/306075","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=306075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}