Mother of Ghanaian teenager killed in Bronx flies to US seeking justice

A Ghanaian mother has flown to the United States to arrange her 15-year-old son’s funeral and seek justice after he was fatally shot on his way to school in the Bronx, New York.

“I want justice for my son,” Doris Adu Gyamfi told the BBC before leaving Ghana. She said Javits Frimpong had dreamed of becoming a doctor and had been in the US for only a year.

Frimpong was chased and shot on Thursday morning last week. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. Police have made no arrests and are searching for three teenage boys in connection with the shooting, which was captured on surveillance footage.

Gyamfi said she was travelling to America to help plan her son’s funeral. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Saturday that President Donald Trump had agreed to grant her an emergency visa so she could mourn her son in person.

Ghana’s government has condemned the killing, urged US authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and offered legal and consular support. The shooting has also raised concern among Ghanaians about the safety of children sent to study in the United States.