Crotona Park East

Well, now to the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old in the Bronx.

And police tonight are looking for three teenagers following the shooting that happened a block from Cortona Park.

The victim, Javits Frimpong, was shot in the stomach and later died at the hospital.

His father tells Eyewitness News that he believes it's tied to bullying.

It's not easy.

Frimpong says his son just moved here from Ghana a year ago for a better life and mostly kept to himself.

This Cortona Park neighborhood outraged over the senseless gun violence.

Like three days ago, even though it was the principal who told me, who called me, he said two guys are disturbing my

Yet, for decades, city institutions and public data sets flatten our complex heritage into a single generic checkbox, erasing our distinct voice before our people could even be counted.

Our deepest historic roots run through the South Bronx in West Farms, Crotona Park East, Claremont, Morrisania, and along East Tremont Avenue.

Today, Garifuna life pulses across Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and Long Island.

But make no mistake, the Bronx remains our civic archive.

Yet, for decades, city institutions and public data sets flatten our complex heritage into a single generic checkbox, erasing our distinct voice before our people could even be counted.

[upbeat music] Our deepest historic roots run through the South Bronx.

In West Farms, Crotona Park East, Claremont, Morrisania, and along East Tremont Avenue.

Today, Garifuna life pulses across Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and Long Island.