Mamdani Says Trump Agreed to Visa for Slain Teen’s Mother

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Donald Trump agreed to grant an immediate visa to the Ghanaian mother of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old boy fatally shot in the Bronx. Mamdani said the two spoke by phone and that the visa would allow Frimpong’s mother to say goodbye to her son in person. Mamdani announced the agreement on Saturday, October 31, two days after Frimpong was killed while walking to school. His mother was in Ghana, while her son had been living in New York. The visa type was not specified, and the White House had not publicly confirmed that it had been issued. Travel arrangements were also unconfirmed. Police said Frimpong was shot in the abdomen near Crotona Park at about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 29. He ran a short distance before collapsing and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died. Accounts of the shooting identify no confirmed motive or named suspects. Investigators were seeking three teenagers reportedly seen fleeing the area, according to one report. No arrests had been announced. The circumstances of the killing remain under investigation. Frimpong’s father, Thomas Frimpong, said he believed bullying at school might be connected...