{"id":316980,"date":"2026-08-09T00:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316980\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:18:21","slug":"news-12-bronx-jacobs-name-will-not-be-forgotten-family-of-slain-bronx-boy-pushes-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316980\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Jacobs Name Will Not Be Forgotten Family Of Slain Bronx Boy Pushes For Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exactly two weeks after 12-year-old Jacob Freytes was tragically killed,<\/a> his family joined local leaders to push for change through new proposed legislation.<\/p>\n

“Jacob’s Law” <\/a>was unveiled at a press conference Saturday outside of the Bronx bodega where Jacob was shot by a stray bullet. The proposal would increase penalties for those whose reckless actions result in the death of a child.<\/p>\n

Jacob’s mother, Migdalia Martinez, said she wants her son’s story to push local lawmakers to support the law.<\/p>\n

“Nothing will ever bring my son back, but I will continue fighting in his name so that another mother does not have to experience the pain that I live with every day,” said Martinez. “Jacob\u2019s name will not be forgotten. I want his life and his story to lead to change, and I am asking lawmakers across New York to stand with our family and pass Jacob\u2019s Law.”<\/p>\n

Authorities say Jacob was riding his bicycle outside of 104 Elliot Pl. in Mount Eden when a fight erupted and led to gunfire. The 12-year-old was stopping at the bodega to buy a ball when he was caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n

Two men were also shot and are expected to recover, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

Jacob’s accused killer, 45-year-old William Ferrer<\/a>, was arrested less than 24 hours after the shooting. He is charged with murder, manslaughter and other related offenses in connection with the death of Jacob Freytes.<\/p>\n

According to police, the firearm Ferrer allegedly used to carry out the shooting was illegal.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to organizers of the Aug. 8 press conference, “Jacob’s Law” will be sponsored in the State Senate by Sen. Steve Chan and State Sen. Steve Rhoads and in the State Assembly by Assemblyman John Mikulin.<\/p>\n

“Families deserve justice, certainty and the peace of knowing their child\u2019s killer will never walk free or receive parole,\u201d said Mikulin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exactly two weeks after 12-year-old Jacob Freytes was tragically killed, his family joined local leaders to push for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-316980","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\/316980","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=316980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}