Mamdani Says Trump Agreed to Grant Visa to Mother of Ghanaian Teen Killed in Bronx
Photo: The HinduNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Saturday, October 31, 2026, that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana who was shot and killed in the Bronx. Mamdani made the claim in a post on X, saying he had just spoken by phone with Trump, who agreed to grant the visa immediately so she could say goodbye to her son in person. The White House had not immediately responded to requests for comment on whether the visa would be issued.
New York City police said Frimpong was shot in the abdomen shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Thursday while on his way to school in a Bronx neighborhood. He was pronounced dead at a hospital later that day. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is continuing. U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, said Frimpong had come to the Bronx from Ghana a year earlier to live with his father and begin a new life in the United States. Mamdani said all of New York City is mourning.
Right-leaning coverage, from Fox News, leads with Mamdani's account and quotes his X post and his line about the city's mourning. It notes that Fox News Digital had asked the White House for comment, and it surrounds the report with links to other Trump–Mamdani stories, including a coming meeting after months of political whiplash and Trump embracing the parents of another child killed in the Bronx. It also opens with a clip of Vice President JD Vance discussing the Trump–Mamdani relationship. The alternative outlet The Hindu reports the same facts and quotes, but stresses that the visa is Mamdani's claim and that the White House did not respond to the Associated Press. Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing.
How the sides differ Right sources pair the visa claim with links to Trump–Mamdani dealings and a prior Bronx shooting; alternative sources stress the missing White House confirmation. Left outlets have not covered it.
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The Hindu, citing the Associated Press, leads with Mamdani's claim of Trump's agreement, stresses that the White House did not confirm, and gives police details plus Rep. Ritchie Torres's account of the teen's background.
Fox News leads with Mamdani's X post and quotes, notes it has asked the White House for comment, and surrounds the report with Trump–Mamdani relationship coverage and a Vance clip.