Overview
- A multi-person fistfight broke out just before 5 p.m. on Saturday outside Wanda Deli at 104 Elliot Place in Mount Eden and a man in the crowd brandished a handgun and fired into the melee.
- Surveillance video released by the United Bodegas of America shows the shooting sequence and the shooter fleeing the scene, and the footage was widely shared by local outlets.
- The victim was identified as 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, who was struck, ran back into the deli clutching his shoulder, and was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- Two other males, aged 25 and 34, were also wounded and listed in stable condition, and the NYPD says the investigation is ongoing with no arrests reported.
- Local leaders condemned the killing and the UBA and New York State taxi groups have offered combined reward money to encourage tips, underscoring wider community alarm over public gun violence.