{"id":310399,"date":"2026-07-31T02:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310399\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:30:50","slug":"at-least-50-nyc-kids-shot-in-gun-crimes-so-far-this-year-including-tragic-12-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310399\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 50 NYC kids shot in gun crimes so far this year \u2014 including tragic 12-year-old boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 50 youths across the Big Apple were shot or killed in gun crimes so far this year \u2014 with Bronx 12-year-old Jacob Freytes<\/a> being just the latest tragedy, crime statistics show.<\/p>\n

Staggering NYPD data reveals that 49 victims of shootings were youths under 18 during the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n

An identical number \u2014 49 \u2014 of suspected shooters were also not even legally able to vote, the data shows.<\/p>\n

The numbers provided by the NYPD cut off at the end of June, nearly a month before a stray bullet struck Freytes near a Bronx bodega. <\/p>\n

Jacob Freytes, 12, was shot and killed by a stray bullet.<\/p>\n

The July 25 shooting made Freytes at least the 50th young victim of gun violence in the city this year. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n

Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant<\/a>, had just bought a ball at the bodega and walked outside when he got caught in the crossfire of a wild street brawl. <\/p>\n

The innocent youngster ran inside the bodega clutching his chest before he collapsed, harrowing video footage showed. <\/p>\n

He was declared dead at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

The July 25 shooting followed a steady spate of gun violence that befell teens.<\/p>\n

Heartbreaking footage showed Freytes run into a bodega moments after being shot. United Bodegas of America<\/p>\n

Just two days before, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the foot<\/a> after what police described as a dispute in Bushwick, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

And a 17-year-old girl<\/a> was among the victims of a July 20 shooting in a Brooklyn McDonald\u2019s parking lot, police said.<\/p>\n

The total number of gun violence incidents involving young victims or shooters during 2026\u2019s first half was actually down compared to the same span of 2025, data shows.<\/p>\n

During the first six months last year, there 57 victims of gun violence under 18 and 53 suspected shooters the same age, according to the data.<\/p>\n

Shootings involving victims and perpetrators of all ages actually hit the lowest level in the NYPD\u2019s recorded history during the first six months this year, data shows.<\/p>\n

But as the number of shootings fell, the share of suspected shooters under 18 increased. <\/p>\n

They accounted for nearly 22% of shooters during 2026\u2019s first half, data shows.<\/p>\n

By comparison, youths were just 8% of shooters during the same span in 2018, according to data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least 50 youths across the Big Apple were shot or killed in gun crimes so far this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,57,9,24,63,103,3980,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-310399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","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\/310399","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=310399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}