Wire reporting: (AP, via Local 10)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Saturday that after a phone call with President Donald Trump, a visa would be granted so the mother of Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old from Ghana fatally shot in the Bronx, can travel to the United States^1,2,8.

Mamdani posted the statement on social media, saying the mother should be able to say goodbye in person and that Trump had agreed to grant the visa immediately^2,8.

The White House had not immediately confirmed the visa to The Associated Press, according to AP copy carried by The Boston Globe³.

New York City police said Frimpong was shot in the abdomen while on his way to school in a Bronx neighborhood shortly before 9:30 a.m. Thursday and was pronounced dead at a hospital later that day².

AP copy said no arrests had been made and the killing remained under investigation². ABC7 New York reported that police said three teenage boys wanted in the shooting were still at large⁸.

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres said Frimpong had arrived in the Bronx from Ghana about a year earlier to live with his father². The teen's father, Thomas Frimpong, told reporters that school officials had recently described bullying involving two other students who were suspended².

Ghana's foreign minister, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, said Ghanaian officials in New York were coordinating with local authorities².

ABC7 reported a Friday vigil at the site where Frimpong collapsed, organized by religious leaders⁸. The New York City Department of Education said it was making counseling available and supporting the police investigation⁸.

AP copy noted broader second-term restrictions on visa processing, including from dozens of countries, as context for the announcement². Whether the visa has been issued, and when the mother would travel, was not independently confirmed in the accounts reviewed^3,8.