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Suspect arrested in shooting in Bronx that killed 12-year-old outside bodega
ABC7 New York • • nation
Key Points:
- William Ferrer has been arrested by NYPD detectives in connection with the shooting that killed 12-year-old Jacob Freytes in the Bronx.
- The incident occurred near a bodega at the corner of Walton Ave. and Elliot Place in Mt. Eden, where a fight broke out before a man opened fire.
- Surveillance footage shows the boy standing near the fight, then running into the bodega before collapsing from his injuries; he was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.
- Two other men, aged 34 and 25, were also shot but are expected to survive.
- The shooter fled the scene in a Jeep, but authorities have since apprehended the suspect.
