By Agency Report <\/p>\n
U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to facilitate a visa for the Ghanaian mother of Javits Frimpong, a teenager killed while walking to school in New York.
\nNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Trump\u2019s intervention on Saturday, as Ghana demanded justice for 15-year-old Frimpong, whose killing has shaken the Bronx.
\n\u201cThe murder of a child is a pain no parent should have to endure, let alone from thousands of miles away,\u201d Mamdani declared.
\nThe mayor said Trump agreed during their telephone conversation to grant a visa immediately to the teenager\u2019s mother, Doris Gyamfi, who lives in Kumasi, Ghana.
\nHowever, the White House had not independently confirmed the arrangement, and it remained unclear whether the visa had been issued by Saturday evening.
\nFrimpong was shot in the abdomen around in the morning in Bronx\u2019s neighbourhood.
\nPolice officers rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead while investigators began searching for three suspected teenage assailants.
\nThe teenager had moved from Ghana in October 2025 to reunite with his father, Thomas Frimpong, hoping to pursue his education and build a promising future.
\n\u201cHe was very clever, so he always says he wants to be a physician,\u201d his grieving father told newsmen in New York.
\nThe elder Frimpong said his son had complained of persistent bullying at DreamYard Preparatory School, where two students were reportedly suspended, although police have not established any connection to the killing.
\nGhana\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, subsequently contacted the bereaved father, conveying condolences from President John Dramani Mahama and promising government support.
\n\u201cWe will pursue justice, and we will make sure that those who did this do not get away with it,\u201d Ablakwa declared.
\nGhanaian diplomats in New York visited the family while the government demanded a thorough investigation and pledged legal and consular assistance to secure accountability.
\nFollowing Mamdani\u2019s announcement, Ablakwa welcomed Trump\u2019s intervention and disclosed that Ghana would finance the mother\u2019s travel, assist with visa arrangements and support funeral expenses.
\n\u201cThe Government of Ghana welcomes your intervention and President Trump\u2019s timely decision,\u201d Ablakwa said, acknowledging the cooperation between the American and Ghanaian authorities.
\nBronx Congressman Ritchie Torres also expressed grief, saying: \u201cOur entire borough is mourning a young man who should have had his whole future ahead of him.\u201d
\nThe New York City Department of Education offered counselling and cooperation with investigators, stating: \u201cOur hearts are with this young person\u2019s family and school community during this unimaginably difficult time.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, vigils brought together Ghanaian residents, religious leaders and neighbours demanding justice on Saturday as police continued investigating the killing without announcing arrests or establishing a motive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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