Overview
- A 12-year-old boy, identified as Jacob Freytes, was killed by gunfire outside the Wanda Deli in the Bronx during a street fight on Saturday, July 25, and two adult men were also wounded.
- NYPD detectives arrested 45-year-old William Ferrer on Sunday, July 26, and charged him with second-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons offenses after surveillance video from the bodega was released.
- Chicago experienced several separate violent incidents over the same weekend, including a Little Italy shooting that left a 5-year-old critically injured and a Humboldt Park drive-by that wounded six people with two in critical condition.
- Investigations and manhunts remain active: the Bronx case progressed to an arrest based on video and tips, while Chicago police continue to seek the unidentified Humboldt Park shooter and investigate multiple other overnight homicides and a fatal vehicle–train crash tied to a pursuit.
- Local leaders, bodega and taxi groups offered rewards and condemned the violence, and hospitals treated victims across the cities, underscoring the human toll on families and raising renewed calls for steps to protect bystanders.