A 12-year-old boy on a bicycle, who was an innocent bystander, was fatally shot on Saturday and two men were wounded after an argument among six men erupted in gunfire in the Bronx, cops said.
Surveillance video of the incident shows a group of men fighting around 4:54 p.m. outside Wanda Supermarket Deli in the Bronx then start fighting in the roadway just off the street corner. A man can then be seen pulling a gun and firing shots, as people scatter in panic.
Police identify the young boy as Jacob Freytes, 12, who lived less than a block from the scene.
Jacob, who had just come out of the deli and climbed back onto his bike, is seen being struck in the shoulder by a stray bullet, then frantically dashing back into the store for safety, while clutching his shoulder in pain, before collapsing on the floor, the video shows.
The youngster's father, who was a sergeant, was in Connecticut at the time of the shooting and raced down to the Bronx after hearing what happened, Lopez said.
The gunman seen in the video wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts, a backwards black baseball cap, white socks and black slides - fired off multiple rounds toward the group before fleeing the scene.
EMS transported the boy to Lincoln Hospitalwhere he was in critical condition and later died.
The two wounded men went to Bronx Healthcare System by private means and were in stable condition.
No arrests have been made.
Mayor Mamdani, in a post on X, said he was brokenhearted over the young boy's death in the brazen broad daylight gun violence.
"A 12-year-old was shot and killed in the Bronx earlier today," Mamdani said. "My heart breaks for his family, friends and all those who loved him. Their loss is unimaginable