Bronx man charged in shooting of Jets player Kris Boyd appears in court
NEW YORK– The Bronx man accused of shooting Jets player Kris Boyd appeared in a New York court Tuesday evening, a day after authorities found him at a Buffalo-area apartment complex.
Frederick Green, 20, was arraigned on attempted murder charges following the Nov. 16 shooting outside a midtown Manhattan restaurant. He has not pleaded guilty, according to prosecutors. Boyd was taken to hospital in critical condition but has since recovered.
Green was held without bail. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Police said Boyd was shot in the abdomen just after 2 a.m. while he was in town with two other Jets players, Irvin Charles and Jamien Sherwood. As the players sat outside the restaurant, a group of men making fun of their clothing approached them, causing a fight, according to court records.
Surveillance footage then shows Green covering his face with a mask, removing a gun from his backpack and firing two shots in Boyd’s direction, according to prosecutors. Minutes after the shooting, video showed Green leaving the scene in a white BMW, prosecutors said.
He fled town the next day, cutting his hair, abandoning his phone and deleting his social media to avoid detection, prosecutors say.
On Monday, the U.S. Marshals Service tracked Green to an apartment complex near the University at Buffalo. As police surrounded the scene, Green attempted to jump out of a window, prosecutors said, before eventually surrendering to police.
Boyd was hospitalized after the shooting, but a few weeks later he visited the Jets’ facility, surprising his teammates and attending a special teams meeting.
Prosecutors say he continues to suffer complications from the shooting and may require additional surgeries. They said a bullet fragment entered a vein and lodged in his pulmonary artery, before entering one of his lungs.
The Jets signed Boyd earlier this year, but he was injured in practice this summer and has yet to play for the team. He played his first four seasons in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2023 before joining Houston’s practice squad later this season.
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This article has been corrected to reflect that Green did not enter a plea during his court appearance Tuesday. A previous version of the story said he pleaded not guilty, based on information posted on the state court’s online docket system.
