Cop’s son, 12, ID’d after being shot dead in NYC as harrowing video shows victim running into bodega clutching his chest
Metro Cop’s son, 12, ID’d after being shot dead in NYC as harrowing video shows victim running into bodega clutching his chest By Anthony Blair and Marie Pohl Published July 26, 2026, 8:41 a.m. Add The New York Post on Google The innocent 12-year-old son of a cop who was shot dead in the Bronx was identified early Friday as Jacob Freytas — as heartbreaking video shows him collapsing in a bodega after running back in while clutching his chest. Freytas, of Mount Eden, was an innocent bystander when a stray bullet hit him in the chest during a fight outside a store on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse, shortly before 5 p.m.
- ▪Metro Cop’s son, 12, ID’d after being shot dead in NYC as harrowing video shows victim running into bodega clutching his chest By Anthony Blair and Marie Pohl Published July 26, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google The innocent 12-year-old son of a cop who was shot dead in the Bronx was identified early Friday as Jacob Freytas — as heartbreaking video shows him collapsing in a bodega after running back in while clutchin
- ▪Freytas, of Mount Eden, was an innocent bystander when a stray bullet hit him in the chest during a fight outside a store on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse, shortly before 5 p.m.
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