# Trump hugs parents of Bronx boy killed by stray bullet 2026-08-15T09:40:37+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet US President Donald Trump left the stage during a speech in Garden City, New York, on Friday to embrace the grieving parents of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes. The Bronx boy was killed in late July by a stray bullet while riding his bicycle outside a bodega. Trump said the shot was fired during a gun battle involving a repeat offender. Police arrested 45-year-old William Ferrer, who faces multiple charges including second-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty, according to Fox News. The New York Post reported that Ferrer has an arrest record spanning more than 25 years. Republican lawmakers in New York have proposed Jacob’s Law, which would increase penalties when reckless criminal conduct kills a child. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Donald Trump, Jacob Freytes, New York, William Ferrer Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/trump-hugs-parents-of-bronx-boy-killed-by-stray-bullet/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/trump-hugs-parents-of-bronx-boy-killed-by-stray-bullet/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/