An all-out group all-points bulletin has been issued within the NYC for lacking 11-year-old Bronx boy, Alfa Ousmane Barrie, and Harlemite Garrett Warren, 13.
In keeping with the New York Metropolis Police Division, Alfa was reported lacking on Sunday, Might 14, 2023. Warren was reported lacking on Monday, Might 15, 2023.
Police stated that Barrie and Warren have been final seen at a playground in Harlem, on Friday, Might 12, 2023. They have been each final seen between Friday night time and Saturday morning.
Following studies that two kids have been seen within the Harlem River, police have been looking out the river on Saturday and Tuesday.
Kadiatou Diallo contacted the Amsterdam Information simply after daybreak on Tuesday morning to talk about the kid’s disappearance. “We stand in solidarity with the household of Alfa, and pray for his secure return to his household,” Diallo stated. “I name on everybody—the varsity, the police, the town of New York—to analyze this diligently and assist us discover Alfa.”
Diallo, founding father of the Amadou Diallo Basis, turned an activist after the acquittal of the 4 cops charged in her son Amadou’s 41-bullet capturing dying.
“No kids ought to be in hurt’s approach after they go to highschool,” Diallo stated. “I pray for all mother and father who’re going by means of the identical ordeal. We ask for prayers and help from your complete group to assist the household throughout this very troublesome time.”
A broadcast report said that Fatima Diallo thinks that her brother is with a buddy, Garrett Warren. They each haven’t been seen since Friday, when forty second precinct police stated the Bronx boys have been sighted on 145th Avenue and Malcolm X Blvd., in Harlem.
Alfa is described as 5’2”, roughly 100 kilos, final seen carrying a navy sweater with a “Democracy Prep Harlem Center College” emblem, grey pants, and grey sneakers.
Warren is described as 6’0” in top, and roughly 215 lbs. He was final seen carrying a tan hooded sweatshirt with a white t-shirt beneath, black denims, and blue/black Jordan sneakers.
“Though [victims of] ‘Lacking whereas Black’ haven’t gotten sturdy mainstream media and the general public consideration as they deserve, notably inside the immigrant communities, the lacking younger Alfa Ousmane Barrie appears to have bucked the standard sample,” stated Sheikh Musa Drammeh of the African Union Day Basis. He advised the Amsterdam Information,“Ever because the first announcement of his disappearance was made, your complete group, particularly West Africans in New York, have been circulating it in all of their social media platforms and ethnic media retailers continuously.”
“We’re searching for the general public’s assist in our seek for two lacking kids,” stated Assistant Chief Ruel Stephenson, Commanding Officer of NYPD Manhattan North. “Each final seen between final Friday and early Saturday morning. The lacking individuals squad, detective, patrol officers in Manhattan and the Bronx, the harbor unit, members of the strategic response group and different personnel are trying to find these boys and there are hundreds of thousands of eyes and ears in our metropolis. We’re asking all of them proper now to assist us discover these kids proper now.”
On the Tuesday press convention Deputy Chief Brian Gill stated, “We’re nonetheless within the technique of pulling video from all over the place. Everybody we determine we’re going to attempt to monitor down and ask them for any assist.”
“We’re extraordinarily involved in regards to the whereabouts of Alfa Barrie, an 11-year-old pupil who attends Democracy Prep Harlem Center College,” stated Public Faculties CEO Natasha Trivers in a press release. “We urge members of the general public to come back ahead with any details about his location by calling CrimeStoppers at 800-577-TIPS. Police are at the moment following up on each lead. All members of Democracy Prep’s group are treasured to us, and we stand by Alfa’s household throughout this troublesome time.”
Bronx-based group activist Abdoulaye Cisse advised the Amsterdam Information, “I hope Alfa returns residence secure and sound. I’m positive this can be a very troublesome time for the mother and father and his household as they await the end result. Hopefully all is properly in the long run, and he returns residence secure.”
Cisse, founding father of Bridging Africans & Black People Inc (BABA),added, “I urge the larger group to assist out by sharing the flier on-line, and even higher, printing the flier and posting it up within the neighborhood to assist this household by means of this troublesome time.”
