On April 21, 2019, 21-year-old Frederick Afoakwah was shot in the neck inside a Bronx apartment while spending time with his friend and next-door neighbor, off-duty NYPD officer Martinson Afari Yeboah. The two were reportedly playing video games when Yeboah’s 9mm service pistol discharged and Afoakwah was found grievously wounded in the living room by family members. Afoakwah was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and pronounced dead.

Yeboah initially said Afoakwah had shot himself, but an investigation and autopsy determined the wound was not self-inflicted. Reports say Yeboah did not immediately render aid or call 911; Afoakwah’s father urged that an emergency call be made, and while responders were en route Yeboah went to his own apartment, changed shoes, and went to the building lobby. A grand jury later indicted Yeboah on second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

Does anyone have information about the events in that apartment that morning or about Frederick’s life and connections in the neighborhood?