Devastated mother blames soft-on-crime policies after career criminal is charged in son’s death
The family of a 12-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet in the Bronx is demanding change after a suspect with a lengthy arrest record was charged with his murder.After the death of Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD detective sergeant, his mother and sister are pushing for "Jacob's Law," which they say would require life sentences for people convicted of recklessly taking a child's life."I gave him a kiss, and I walked out, and we always do a little dolphin kiss. And I walked out and went to work," Migdalia Martinez, Freytes' mother, told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday.2 DETAINED AFTER SHOOTING IN NEW YORK LEAVES 15-YEAR-OLD KILLED, TWO OTHERS WOUNDED: POLICE"Around five o'clock, they called me and said that he had gotten shot.
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The family of a 12-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet in the Bronx is demanding change after a suspect with a lengthy arrest record was charged with his murder.After the death of Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD detective sergeant, his mother and sister are pushing for "Jacob's Law," which they say would require life sentences for people convicted of recklessly taking a child's life."I gave him a kiss, and I walked out, and we always do a little dolphin kiss. And I walked out and went to work," Migdalia Martinez, Freytes' mother, told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday.2 DETAINED AFTER SHOOTING IN NEW YORK LEAVES 15-YEAR-OLD KILLED, TWO OTHERS WOUNDED: POLICE"Around five o'clock, they called me and said that he had gotten shot. And all I could do was try to think of different ways to get here faster," she added. "When I got there, I just seen my boy gone."Freytes, who was riding his bike to a nearby bodega to buy a ball, was shot and killed after a suspect opened fire during an alleged street dispute.
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- The family of a 12-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet in the Bronx is demanding change after a suspect with a lengthy arrest record was charged with his murder.After the death of Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD detective sergeant, his mother and sister are pushing for "Jacob's Law," which they say would require life sentences for people convicted of recklessly taking a child's life."I gave him a kiss, and I walked out, and we always do a little dolphin kiss. And I walked out and went to work," Migdalia Martinez, Freytes' mother, told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday.2 DETAINED AFTER SHOOTING IN NEW YORK LEAVES 15-YEAR-OLD KILLED, TWO OTHERS WOUNDED: POLICE"Around five o'clock, they called me and said that he had gotten shot.
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