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<\/p>\nThe man whom police say killed a young boy in the Bronx pleaded not guilty to a long list of charges.<\/p>\n
William Ferrer, 45, was arraigned Sunday afternoon on seven charges relating to the triple shooting Saturday in the Mount Eden section. He is facing second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, two charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree assault, according to his arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n
The judge who arraigned Ferrer ordered that he be kept in jail without bail.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His next court date is on Friday.<\/p>\n
What happened?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The shooting happened in broad daylight around 5 p.m. Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police say Ferrer repeatedly fired a gun, with a bullet striking Jacob Freytes, 12, in the chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Surveillance video showed Freytes running inside a bodega on Elliot Place to get help. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died, according to officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two other men were also shot but are stable at a local hospital, according to the affidavit. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“He didn’t deserve that”<\/p>\n
Flowers, candles and handwritten messages now cover the entryway to Freytes’ nearby apartment building where loved ones knew him as “Kai.”<\/p>\n
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A memorial for a 12-year-old boy shot and killed in the Bronx grows outside his apartment building.<\/p>\n
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“I started crying. Me and Kai had been best friends. He was a nice kid; he didn’t deserve that,” said friend Marlyn Rosario.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosario said Freytes was playing baseball before he went to the bodega to purchase a ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the United Bodegas of America<\/a>, called for stricter gun regulations.<\/p>\n “Twelve years old. I could not, as a parent, live with myself. You know, kids can’t come out on the streets of the Bronx, and we have to single out Brooklyn and the Bronx,” Mateo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke about the shooting at a news conference Monday morning.<\/p>\n “We can never accept that. A 12-year-old boy sitting on his bicycle outside of a bodega could be killed in our city,” he said. “We are speaking of a young man who should have been able to do what every New Yorker should be able to do, which is just live their life in the summer in this city.”<\/p>\n Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at\u00a01-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish,\u00a01-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip\u00a0via their website<\/a>\u00a0or via DM on Twitter,\u00a0@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls are kept confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n Naveen Dhaliwal<\/a><\/p>\n contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n