Mother of Ghanaian teen killed in New York heads to US funeral after Trump grants visa - The Straits Times

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Doris Adu Gyamfi, mother of 15-year-old Ghanaian Javits Frimpong, who was shot in Bronx, New York City, embraces relatives before departing for the United States to join other relatives in mourning her son, at Accra International Airportin Accra, Ghana, November 4, 2026. Ghana Mi...

Doris Adu Gyamfi, mother of 15-year-old Ghanaian Javits Frimpong, who was shot in Bronx, New York City, embraces relatives before departing for the United States to join other relatives in mourning her son, at Accra International Airportin Accra, Ghana, November 4, 2026. Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

ACCRA, Nov 4 - The mother of a Ghanaian teenager who was fatally shot in New York departed for the United States on Wednesday after President Donald Trump intervened to grant her a visa to travel to attend her son's funeral.

• "I want justice for my son. That's all," she told foreign affairs officials who accompanied her to the airport

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