The last time an American citizen was ki??ed in Ghana was in 2015 during a robbery at Akwamufie in the Eastern Region
The American government through its consular support, immediately demanded for justice, tracked local police investigations and offered to repatriate the remains of the deceased
The case was heard for two years at the court and the 22yr old suspect, Yaw Anokye Frimpong was eventually sentenced to death by hanging for two counts of murder by the Accra High Court.… See more
The last time an American citizen was ki??ed in Ghana was in 2015 during a robbery at Akwamufie in the Eastern Region
The American government through its consular support, immediately demanded for justice, tracked local police investigations and offered to repatriate the remains of the deceased
The case was heard for two years at the court and the 22yr old suspect, Yaw Anokye Frimpong was eventually sentenced to death by hanging for two counts of murder by the Accra High Court.
This year, 4 Ghanaians have reportedly lost their lives through gun violence in the United States.
- 🕊️ Akpene Tetteh, 37 – A PhD candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University, killed on February 12.
- 🕊️ Lartey “Lai” Solomon, 33 – A Ghanaian registered nurse and health content creator, killed in Oakland on May 31.
- 🕊️ Dr. Kofi Akamani, 48 – A forestry professor at Southern Illinois University, killed on September 19.
- 🕊️ Javits Frimpong, 15 – A young Ghanaian boy who had only recently arrived in America, shot while walking to school in the Bronx on October 29.
- 🕊️ Michael Sakyi Jr, 18 — Fatally shot on June 25, 2026, in Manassas, Virginia. Police discovered him inside a vehicle that had crashed following an upper-body gunshot wound
- 🕊️ George Ennin, 53 — Was killed in a random, unprovoked stabbing in the Bronx, New York, on January 5, 2026, while walking to work
The pattern shows, Americans have been relatively safe in Ghana than Ghanaians are, in America.
The question now is, who will be next?
Without proper reforms on gun laws, incidents like these are endless See less
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