New York, NY (November 11, 2026) – The family of Javits Frimpong will be at the National Action Network’s House of Justice in Harlem today to react to the news that a 17-year-old was taken into custody in the shooting death of the 15-year-old. Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), and Attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family, will join them. The press conference began at 12:00 PM.
A 17-year-old was taken into custody in the shooting death of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong. He was picked up for questioning by detectives on Wednesday morning and taken to the 42nd Precinct. No charges were immediately filed. More teens are being sought, and detectives are not yet clear on the 17-year-old’s role. Investigators have been looking for three teens who fled the area.
Javits Frimpong, 15, a tenth-grade student at The DreamYard Preparatory School in the Bronx, was shot on his way to school on the morning of Thursday, October 29th. He came to the United States from Ghana and had been in this country about a year. The family has retained civil rights Attorney Ben Crump to represent them as the investigation continues.
The House of Justice Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Workshop is the National Action Network’s Harlem headquarters, purchased and renovated this year and named for the man who gave Rev. Sharpton his start. It is home to the organization’s weekly Saturday Action Rally, and for more than three decades families who have lost children to violence have come to NAN to be heard.
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