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Harrowing video shows a 15-year-old Bronx boy running for his life before he collapsed and later died in a shooting his dad believes is tied to ongoing bullying at school.
Javits Frimpong was seen sprinting through his Claremont neighborhood Thursday alongside someone else dressed all in black who then stopped as the 15-year-old victim continued running.
The teen, who had been on his way to school, then collapsed at East 171 Street and Third Avenue after taking a bullet to the stomach around 9:25 a.m., according to police and law enforcement sources. He was initially listed in stable condition but later succumbed to his injuries.
Frimpong had recently immigrated to the US from Ghana — and was being bullied at 329 The DreamYard Preparatory School, according to his father, Thomas Frimpong, 60, who told The Post he believes it is tied to the slaying.
The principal had called just two days before the murder to tell Thomas Frimpong that his “very quiet” son was being bullied, he said.
“He said, two boys were fighting with my son, and the two boys got suspended,” the dad said.
He got another call Thursday — this time with even more harrowing news.
“The principal called me that my son has been shot,” he said, adding that he rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital to see his boy before having to break the news to relatives still in Ghana.
“I just called his mother [in Ghana] and even I can’t hear her voice, crying, crying, crying. All the family members are crying,” he said, breaking down with his own emotions.
Three males wearing all black, believed to be between 16 and 18 years old, were spotted fleeing the scene after the burst of gunfire, cops said.
A nearby witness described seeing two males wearing all black with facemasks running in the park as she was walking to school when she heard a gunshot.
“I heard like a gunshot. I’m like, ‘Am I tripping?’ It came from, like, inside the park,” 18-year-old Karolinne Guerrero said.
Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
“I feel scared ’cause I live right there. I’m like, yo, I’m scared.”
A nearby neighbor who witnessed the shooting unfold from his window said two boys “ambushed” Javits.
The witness, who declined to give his name, told The Post two boys “ran after him, shot him, ran off into the park.”
“The boy was lying there for about a half hour before the cops came,” he said, noting that he feels really guilty for not calling the cops but he didn’t want to jeopardize his parole.
“People were just walking by him. Then a lady came out [of the nearby homeless shelter] and she called 911. She was frantic,” he said.
“It’s like back in the day. Nothing ever changes. They’re still shooting each other,” the witness added.
No arrests have been made and the motive for the violence remains under investigation, cops said Friday
By Joe Marino, Amanda Woods, Khristina Narizhnaya, Ella Morrison
