son of a retired Finest<\/a>, was \u201cstruck in the chest\u201d by a stray bullet during the shooting, and died later at a Bronx hospital, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\nWilliam Ferrer getting escorted out of the NYPD\u2019s 44th Precinct in The Bronx on July 26, 2026. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
Two other adult males were also hit, one in the buttocks and one in the foot, the complaint states.<\/p>\n
Both were treated at local hospitals.<\/p>\n
Ferrer was charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
He was remanded in custody, and no details were given about his next court appearance.<\/p>\n
Freytes, who had cycled to the bodega on Elliott Place near Grand Concourse to buy a ball, was an innocent bystander when Ferrer allegedly started shooting.<\/p>\n
Heartbreaking security video shows the boy watching the fight before a man pulls out a gun and starts shooting, at which point Freytes clutches his chest and runs back into the bodega.<\/p>\n
Ferrer, no stranger to cuffs, has a rap sheet dating to 1999, including drug, DWI, and stolen property arrests. Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n
Jacob was caught in the middle of a suspected gang-related shooting during his trip to the bodega. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n
Surveillance footage of Jacob running into the store after getting shot in the shoulder. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n
William Ferrer being escorted by two detectives from the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, New York. Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n
Ferrer was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault and illegal weapons possession. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n
The shooting took place directly outside of a Mount Eden bodega. Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n
Police officers investigating a bullet shell casing at the scene of the shooting. Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n
A memorial for Jacob Freytes in his Mt. Eden neighborhood. Marie Pohl\/NY Post<\/p>\n
Wearing a plain white T-shirt and black Nike sweatpants, Ferrer showed no emotion as he was led out of the 44th Precinct stationhouse on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
A small crowd of bystanders glared at the alleged killer as he was led into a waiting unmarked police car.<\/p>\n
Ferrer has a lengthy rap sheet, with half a dozen previous arrests, including drug possession in 2013, marijuana possession in 2009, drunk-driving in 2009, and possession of stolen property in The Bronx in 2004, police sources told The Post.<\/p>\n
He was first arrested at least as far back as 1999 for possession of a forced instrument, before being arrested again in 2001 separately for alleged menacing and criminal contempt, sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The violent creep accused of killing the innocent 12-year-old son of a retired NYPD cop outside a Bronx…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[3283,128,57,9,24,63,103,3980,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-306666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-arrests","tag-bronx","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","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\/306666","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=306666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}