The profession felony charged with killing an harmless 12-year-old son of a retired NYPD cop within the Bronx was an excessive amount of of a coward to face the sufferer’s household, who packed the courtroom Friday for the routine listening to.
William Ferrer, 45, was a no-show in Bronx Felony Courtroom — simply days after he was slapped with a slew of significant expenses, together with second-degree homicide, for allegedly killing 12-year-old Jacob Freytes and wounding two others final Saturday within the Mount Eden part of the Bronx.
Ferrer, who was delivered to the courthouse by the Division of Corrections, had his look waived final minute by his lawyer Raymond Gazer as each Freytes’ mother and pa, together with different members of the family, sat contained in the courtroom to face their son’s alleged killer.
Freytes, the son of retired NYPD Det. Sgt. Jesus Freytes, was caught within the crossfire throughout the afternoon gunfire exterior Wanda Deli Grocery — the place he was struck within the chest by a bullet and died later at a Bronx hospital, prosecutors have mentioned.
Freytes’ anguished mom, Migdalia Martinez, advised The Submit in an unique interview that she fears her son’s homicide is simply the most recent instance of crime on the rise all through town.
“The system works extra for the felony than they’re gonna work for the sufferer,” Martinez mentioned within the fiery interview, whereas criticizing lawmakers for making town a playground for criminals.
“Town’s making it simpler for the felony. It’s an excessive amount of. Criminals aren’t scared anymore, the legal guidelines aren’t powerful anymore,” she mentioned Wednesday.
In line with law-enforcement sources, Ferrer — who has a half dozen earlier arrests — was attempting to settle some beef for his brother with the opposite males when he opened hearth, hanging Freytes.
Two males have been additionally hit throughout the taking pictures, one within the buttocks and one within the foot, in keeping with the felony criticism.
Freytes was struck after biking over to the bodega to purchase a ball, prosecutors have mentioned.
Heartbreaking safety footage confirmed the poor boy watching the struggle earlier than a person pulled out a gun and began taking pictures, at which level Freytes is seen clutching his chest and working again into the bodega.
In courtroom Friday, prosecutors mentioned they have been within the strategy of presenting the case to a grand jury to safe an indictment on homicide and different expenses.
Bronx Felony Courtroom decide Joseph Sorrentino ordered the brute to stay remanded on Rikers Island till his subsequent courtroom look on Sept. 17.
Ferrer is charged with homicide, tried homicide, manslaughter, assault and felony possession of a weapon in reference to the taking pictures.
He faces as much as life in jail if convicted on the highest cost.
