Politics
Mamdani says Trump agreed to grant visa to mother of Bronx shooting victim
November 1, 2026 at 03:55 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 3 hours
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Donald Trump agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a Ghanaian teen fatally shot in the Bronx this week.
- Mamdani announced on X that after a phone call with Trump, the president agreed to grant Javits Frimpong's mother a visa immediately.
- Frimpong, 15, was shot in the abdomen while walking to school in the Bronx on Thursday and was pronounced dead at a hospital that day.
- The White House did not immediately confirm whether the administration will issue the visa.
- Frimpong's father, Thomas, said he learned days before the shooting that his son was being bullied at school.

