A Bronx man has been arrested on charges including attempted murder in connection to last month’s shooting of an NFL player outside a restaurant in New York City.
Frederick Green, 20, was taken into custody at the New York Police Department’s Midtown South Precinct on Monday Dec. 8 in connection with the shooting of New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd.
In addition to attempted murder, the NYPD told USA TODAY Green has been charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
Authorities said the shooting took place on Nov. 16 just after 2 a.m. in front of a restaurant at 156 West 38 Street.
Kris Boyd shot in stomach outside restuarant
Police said the shooter fired a gun striking the 29-year-old victim, later revealed to be Boyd, in the stomach. The NYPD did not confirm the victim was Boyd due to department policy but both Boyd and the Jets later confirmed he was shot.
Paramedics responded and transported the victim a hospital in critical but stable condition, police said, and the shooter fled the location on foot traveling east on West 38 Street.
Boyd was transported to a hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.
‘I’m sorry I have no words at the moment.. Just grateful!’ Boyd share in a social media post from a hospital bed last month. ‘I’m coming along, starting to breathe on my own now. Sincerely appreciate everyone!’
Police have not said whether Boyd knew Green before the shooting.
Frederick Green pleads not guilty to charges
Online records show Green appeared in New York Criminal Court on Tuesday, Dec. 9 for arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the felony charges.
During the hearing, Assistant District Attorney Sarah Csanadi said the NFL player ‘continues to suffer from complications from the wounds and possibly requires additional surgery,’ the New York Post reported.
Green is due back on court on Friday, Dec. 12, records show.
Boyd was out with other Jets players when he was shot
A motive in the attack was not immediately known.
Csanadi said the incident was captured on surveillance footage, in which Green appeared unmasked “before, during, and after the shooting.”
Prosecutors, the outlet reported, said Boyd was out with Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood, wide receiver Irvin Charles, and another unnamed person from Texas when ‘a group started to chirp at them about their flashy outfits outside the restaurant,’ before the gunman opened fire.
The Post, who attended Green’s arraignment, reported Green fled to Buffalo after police tracked a Mercedes belonging to his girlfriend to an apartement and found him hiding.
The Jets were not playing when Boyd was shot because they were in action for ‘Thursday Night Football’ In Week 11.
New York is set to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Dec. 14.
Boyd was placed on injured reserve during training camp due to a shoulder injury and was expected to miss the entire 2025 season. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and also played for the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans.
A seventh-round pick out of Texas in 2019, Boyd is in his seventh year in the NFL.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.