New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a teenage immigrant from Ghana who was shot and killed last week in the Bronx."The murder of a child is a pain no parent should have to endure, let alone from thousands of miles away," Mamdani wrote Saturday on X."Javits Frimpong’s mother deserves to say goodbye to her son in person.
I just got off the phone with President Trump and he has agreed to grant her visa immediately."Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.TRUMP LEAVES STAGE MID-SPEECH TO EMBRACE PARENTS OF 12-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY STRAY BULLET IN THE BRONXPresident Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani walk out following their meeting at Gracie Mansion on Sept.21, 2026, in New York City.
(Getty Images)Javits Frimpong, 15, was heading to school in a Bronx neighborhood shortly before 9:30 a.m.on Thursday when he was shot in the abdomen, according to New York City Police.He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced deadNo arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.
The incident remains under investigation."All of New York City is mourning this tragedy," the mayor said.Frimpong arrived in the Bronx from Ghana a year ago to stay with his father and begin a new life in the U.S., according to U.S.Rep.
Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y.TRUMP, MAMDANI SET TO MEET AGAIN ON MAYOR’S HOME TURF AFTER MONTHS OF POLITICAL WHIPLASHNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a teenage immigrant from Ghana who was shot and killed in the Bronx."Our entire borough is mourning a young man who should have had his whole future ahead of him," Torres said.
"Every child in the Bronx deserves to walk to school without fearing for their life, and no parent should ever have to endure what Javits’s father, Thomas, is enduring now."Thomas Frimpong described his son as a quiet teenager.He told reporters that lea...