NEW YORK — The 20-year-old Frederick Green from New York City appeared in court late Tuesday night, facing serious charges including attempted murder, assault, and illegal weapon possession. These charges stem from the November incident involving a shooting of Jets player Kris Boyd in Midtown Manhattan.
Authorities managed to locate Green through the assistance of public tips and surveillance footage.
Green was apprehended in an apartment near the University at Buffalo’s North Campus in Amherst, New York, early Monday morning.
“After a brief standoff lasting about 15 minutes, he realized escape was not an option. Initially, he considered jumping out of the window, but with the area securely surrounded, he ultimately surrendered with his hands up,” shared a U.S. Marshal.
Once in custody, Green was taken to a police precinct in Midtown for questioning.
During the court proceedings, Green’s defense attorney sought home detention and bail. However, prosecutors argued against it, presenting Green as a flight risk. They pointed out that after the shooting on November 16, he had altered his appearance by cutting most of his hair, changed his phone, and deactivated his social media accounts.
Detectives recovered video of the shooting outside Sei Less on West 38th Street that shows the altercation between Green and Boyd ended when Green “briefly took a shooter’s stance by extending his arm outward” and fired two shots, according to the criminal complaint. The muzzle flash from one of the shots is visible on video.
Police said they identified Green through witness tips, cell phone data and surveillance images and followed him to the Buffalo area.
Law enforcement officers tracked a grey Mercedes registered to Green’s girlfriend when they got a tip that he was staying with a friend in Amhurst. Police surrounded the second-floor apartment Monday morning before his arrest.
He has four prior arrests, one for reckless endangerment in 2024 and three others that are sealed, unlawful possession of personal identification and criminal possession of a controlled substance earlier this year and a robbery arrest in 2018, when he was a juvenile.
Boyd was shot in the abdomen on Nov. 16, and the bullet traveled to his lung and lodged in the pulmonary artery, police said. He underwent multiple medical procedures, posting Nov. 19 that he was “starting to breathe on my own.”
Last week, Boyd surprised teammates by showing up at the team facility.
Boyd, known for his special teams prowess, attended the special team’s meeting. At the end of the session, he was the player who broke down the meeting, much to the delight of his teammates. He stayed much of the day, reconnecting with teammates and coaches.
(ABC News and ESPN contributed to this report.)
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