India, Nov. 1 -- The father of a teenage boy from Ghana who was shot dead Thursday morning, October 29, on his way to school in the Bronx, has alleged that his son was being bullied at the DreamYard preparatory school, adding that the school's principal had recently informed him that two students were suspended for harassing him.

The NYPD received a report on Thursday morning about a shooting near Crotona Park in the Bronx, a police spokesperson said, per The Guardian. Responding officers found the victim, 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, with a gunshot wound to his stomach at about 9.24 am.

Javits was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a statement after Javits' murder.

In a statement sha...