Man faces murder charge after innocent 12-year-old is killed in Bronx street gunfire

A antheral has been charged with execution aft a 12-year-old lad was killed by a stray slug portion riding his bicycle successful the Bronx, arsenic recently released surveillance video captures the hopeless moments aft helium was struck.

William Ferrer, 45, was arrested Sunday greeting and charged with murder, 2 counts of attempted murder, manslaughter, six counts of battle and 3 counts of transgression possession of a weapon, the New York Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Police accidental Ferrer is accused of opening occurrence during a chaotic confrontation extracurricular Wanda Deli Grocery connected Elliot Place adjacent the Grand Concourse successful the Mount Eden vicinity Saturday afternoon, sidesplitting 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, who investigators accidental was an guiltless bystander.

According to police, Freytes had been riding his bicycle adjacent the bodega erstwhile gunfire erupted soon earlier 5 p.m. He was struck successful the enarthrosis and rushed to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, wherever helium was pronounced dead.

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William Ferrer faces execution and aggregate different charges aft constabulary accidental helium fatally changeable 12-year-old Jacob Freytes during a Bronx thoroughfare shooting. (WNYW)

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Ferrer's apprehension Sunday, calling Freytes' decease "an enactment of senseless weapon violence."

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"Jacob was an guiltless bystander connected his motorcycle erstwhile helium was taken from his household yesterday successful an enactment of senseless weapon violence," Tisch wrote connected X. "No apprehension tin ever easiness the symptom of this unimaginable loss, but the NYPD volition proceed to bash everything successful our powerfulness to question justness for Jacob."

Surveillance video shared by United Bodegas of America shows Jacob exiting the vicinity bodega aft buying a shot and getting connected his bicycle.

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Police arrested William Ferrer connected execution and different charges successful the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, who investigators accidental was an guiltless bystander struck by a stray bullet. (WNYW)

Moments later, arsenic gunfire erupts, the video appears to amusement Freytes moving backmost wrong clutching his thorax earlier collapsing to the level arsenic horrified customers look on.

The gunfire besides wounded 2 different men. Police said a 34-year-old was changeable successful the foot, portion a 25-year-old was struck successful the buttocks. Both men were successful unchangeable condition.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani mourned Freytes' decease successful a connection posted to X pursuing the shooting.

"My bosom breaks for his family, friends and each those who loved him. Their nonaccomplishment is unimaginable," Mamdani wrote. "Our children should beryllium capable to thrust their bikes connected a bully summertime time successful their vicinity without fearfulness of being shot. We cannot judge this unit arsenic normal."

The politician besides said helium was praying for the betterment of the 2 surviving victims and thanked infirmary unit and the NYPD "for their enactment to find those liable for this heinous act."

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' bureau besides mourned Freytes' death, saying "nothing could beryllium much tragic."

"We mourn with 12-year-old Jacob Freytes' family," the Office of the Public Advocate wrote connected societal media. "Nothing could beryllium much tragic: An guiltless kid connected his bike, killed by a stray bullet."

The bureau added that "our children's information is our corporate responsibility" and called for "urgently implementing the strategies proven to marque america safer."

Ferrer has had aggregate anterior run-ins with instrumentality enforcement dating backmost to 1999, according to the New York Post, which cited instrumentality enforcement sources. The outlet reported his grounds includes arrests connected allegations of cause possession, drunken driving, possession of stolen property, menacing and transgression contempt.

Community members gathered extracurricular the Bronx bodega wherever 12-year-old Jacob Freytes was fatally changeable portion riding his bicycle. (WNYW)

Fernando Mateo, spokesperson for the United Bodegas of America, called Freytes' decease a devastating reminder of the toll weapon unit continues to instrumentality connected New York City during a Sunday property league extracurricular the bodega wherever the shooting happened.

"We're conscionable bushed of having these property conferences speaking astir weapon violence," Mateo said. "Whether it's successful a bodega, whether it is successful a cab, it's weapon unit connected our streets."

Mateo said surveillance video shows Freytes entering the vicinity bodega to bargain a shot earlier walking extracurricular moments earlier the shooting erupted.

"He runs backmost into the bodega due to the fact that helium lives successful the area, and he's a regular successful that bodega seeking refuge," Mateo said. "But no, helium didn't marque it. Twelve years old."

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Mateo besides said the store is equipped with 1 of the exigency panic buttons installed successful galore New York City bodegas, but the unit unfolded wrong seconds.