Thomas Frimpong, the father of 15-year-old Ghanaian boy Javits Frimpong, who was fatally shot in the Bronx, New York, has made an emotional appeal to those responsible for his son’s death to surrender to the police.
The grieving father has urged the suspects to turn themselves in, expressing confidence that they would eventually face justice if they refused to come forward.
Speaking to reporters from several news outlets, including PIX11, Thomas said he did not believe those responsible for the killing would escape the law.
“I would tell them to give themselves up to the police. I don’t think they are going to go free,” he said.
His appeal comes as police continue investigating the fatal shooting, with three teenage suspects reportedly being sought in connection with the incident.
In his emotional account, Thomas also revealed that his son had allegedly been experiencing bullying at school before the shooting.
According to him, the school’s principal contacted him approximately three days before the tragic incident to inform him that two boys had been disturbing Javits.
The father said the principal told him that the two students had been suspended following the confrontation.
Concerned about his son’s safety, Thomas said he immediately called Javits to find out what had happened and even offered to pick him up from school.
However, the teenager reportedly assured his father that everything was fine.
Thomas said he later questioned his son about the situation when he returned home, and Javits opened up about the alleged bullying.
“He said anytime he was going to lunch, especially one of them, would always bully him,” the father recounted.
He further disclosed that Javits told him he had reported the bullying several times before the incident.
Thomas also shared what the school principal allegedly told him about the confrontation involving his son and the two students.
According to the father, the principal described Javits as an innocent boy who had been defending himself when the second student joined the confrontation.
The situation reportedly resulted in both boys being suspended from school.
The revelations have raised further questions about whether the alleged bullying had any connection to the teenager’s fatal shooting.
However, investigators have not publicly established a motive for the killing, and the father’s account has not been confirmed as the basis for the police investigation.
The grieving father also revealed that Javits had moved from Ghana to the United States approximately one year before his death.
He described his son as a quiet boy who mostly spent his time in his bedroom using his mobile phone.
The teenager was reportedly walking to school in the Bronx when he was shot near Crotona Park on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
