Police are still searching for those responsible for the killing of a 15-year-old boy in the Bronx, whose father said was gunned down just a block from his home as he was walking to school in the morning. NBC New York's Lynda Baquero reports.

The NYPD continues to hunt for at least two suspects in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy steps from his Bronx home a day ago, while the grieving teen's father claims school bullying may have played a role.

Javitz Frimpong died after being shot in the stomach Thursday morning near East 171st Street and Third Avenue, less than a block from Crotona Park.

Jarring surveillance video from his Claremont neighborhood shows a teenager running for his life, while another person dressed all in black runs after him. The other person stops and turns around, and shortly after, the victim could be seen collapsing in the distance.

The boy's father, Thomas Frimpong, said his son moved to New York City from Ghana in 2025 and was on his way to school when he was chased down the block.

Recently, the teen had complained to school officials about a classmate who was bullying him. His father believes the shooting is retaliation for that report, which he said resulted in two students being suspended.

"I definitely know because he don’t know anybody here. He don’t go out. I ask him to go out, he said no. He’s always on his phone," Thomas Frimpong said.

He says Javitz's principal was the one who told him about the shooting.

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"The school can testify my son is always quiet. Always," Frimpong said, adding that Javitz showed up to class every day.

He joined religious and other community leaders at a candlelight vigil for Javitz Friday night. The grieving dad, who drives a yellow cab for a living, had to tell the boy's mother in Ghana what happened to their son. He urged those responsible to turn themselves in.

"I will tell them to give themselves to the police. I don’t think they are going to go free for killing an innocent child," Thomas Frimpong said.

NBC New York reached out to the boy's school and the Department of Education for comment in regards to the bullying allegations, but neither immediately responded.

Family and friends gathered outside the Frimpong home Friday afternoon, as they try to make arrangements to bring the boy’s mother to the U.S. from Ghana and to lay Javitz to rest.

Gun violence in the neighborhood has been down, according to the neighborhood. Compared to 2025, shootings in 2026 have been down 37% and murders down 44%.