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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is too busy obsessing over his image to help prevent tragedies such as the fatal shooting of an ex-Finest\u2019s innocent 12-year-old as he walked to a bodega, a prominent activist charged Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Fernando Mateo, founder of United Bodega Owners of America, slammed the lefty mayor for watching a FIFA World Cup game with inmates at Rikers Island in a publicity stunt earlier this month while rampant gunplay continues to plague the city\u2019s streets \u2014 claiming the life of beloved young Jacob Freytas on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere is Mamdani?\u201d Mateo seethed at outside the Mount Eden bodega where the boy was shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what the remedy is because we\u2019ve lived through this before. The remedy is very simple: The governor, the mayor, instead of having a day out watching a FIFA game at Rikers with criminals, be advocating for victims,\u2019\u2019 Mateo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtect the victims and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tragic youngster was at the Wanda Deli Grocery at Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday to buy a ball when shots rang out outside as part of a dispute between six people, law-enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n

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Jacob ran out to hop back on his bike and flee \u2014\u00a0 but was seen on dramatic security video obtained by The Post then stumbling back into the store clutching his chest moments later before he fatally collapsed.<\/p>\n

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Sources said his father is a former NYPD sergeant in The Bronx.<\/p>\n

Mateo said the bodega owners group is offering a $5,000 reward for the killers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is directed to the governor and the mayor of this city,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s get tough on crime. Let\u2019s stop giving a pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the tragic shooting, NYPD stats show that shootings and murders in the five boroughs at historic lows \u2014 but Mateo said too many neighborhoods are still plagued.<\/p>\n

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