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Trump Embraces Teary-Eyed Mom of 12-year-old Boy Tragically Shot Dead by Stray Bullet in The Bronx
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2:12Now PlayingPresident Trump embraced the teary-eyed mother of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes — the Bronx boy allegedly shot dead by a career criminal last month — as he promised to get tougher on crime during a pro-police event on Long Island Friday.
The president paused his speech at the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City to acknowledge Migdalia Martinez, whose son was fatally hit by a stray bullet outside a Bronx bodega in July.
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