The man accused of fatally shooting the 12-year-old son of a retired NYPD officer outside a Bronx bodega was ordered held in custody after being arraigned on multiple serious charges, including second-degree murder.
William Ferrer, 45, was arraigned Sunday night on murder, assault and weapons charges after authorities said he opened fire during a dispute in the South Bronx on Saturday afternoon, killing 12-year-old Jacob Freytes and injuring two other people.
Freytes, whose father is a retired member of the NYPD, was “struck in the chest” by a stray bullet and later died at a Bronx hospital, according to the criminal complaint.
The complaint says two adult men were also wounded in the shooting, one struck in the buttocks and the other in the foot.
Both men were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
Ferrer faces charges of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to the complaint.
He was remanded in custody following the arraignment, and details about his next court appearance were not immediately provided.
Freytes had ridden his bike to the bodega on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse to buy a ball when he was caught in the gunfire as an innocent bystander, police said.
Heartbreaking security video shows the boy watching the fight before a man pulls out a gun and starts shooting, at which point Freytes clutches his chest and runs back into the bodega.
Wearing a plain white T-shirt and black Nike sweatpants, Ferrer showed no emotion as he was led out of the 44th Precinct stationhouse on Sunday afternoon.
A small crowd of bystanders glared at the alleged killer as he was led into a waiting unmarked police car.
Ferrer has a lengthy rap sheet, with half a dozen previous arrests, including drug possession in 2013, marijuana possession in 2009, drunk-driving in 2009, and possession of stolen property in The Bronx in 2004, police sources told The Post.
He was first arrested at least as far back as 1999 for possession of a forced instrument, before being arrested again in 2001 separately for alleged menacing and criminal contempt, sources said.
