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ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City During Immigration Raid
Confirmed
In Short: While the exact circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation, both Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom) agree that an ICE agent shot a man during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx, leading to widespread protests and calls for accountability.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a man in New York City on Thursday during a targeted enforcement operation, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). The incident occurred in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx around 4 p.m. local time.
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that the man shot was a 28-year-old Dominican national with a criminal conviction, identified as Oscar Belgal by city police. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, stated that its officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation to arrest this individual.
The BBC (United Kingdom) corroborated the timing and location of the shooting but did not provide the suspect's name or criminal history. Both outlets agreed that ICE agents were attempting to make an arrest when the shooting occurred.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City said early reports indicated that agents surrounded the man and a five-year-old in his car before firing multiple rounds. Mamdani expressed concern over the incident, stating, “Today’s shooting is only further devastating confirmation of what we have long known, which is that ICE operates with impunity, that they sow chaos and terror across our country, that they have killed far more of our neighbours than they could ever have claimed to save.”
City Council member Carmen De La Rosa, who represents the area, echoed Mamdani's sentiments, saying, “We are heartbroken and enraged.” Mamdani also urged President Donald Trump to end all ICE enforcement actions in the city, adding, “I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorise our communities.”
The DHS added that the incident remains under investigation. Mayor Mamdani called for the release of any body camera footage of the shooting to establish the facts and get to the truth. He also expressed outrage on behalf of New Yorkers and urged ICE to halt enforcement operations in New York.
Protests followed the shooting, with demonstrators saying the incident illustrated the dangers of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Some scuffles with police broke out during the protests.
According to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooting, the man is conscious and receiving medical attention. The NYPD confirmed they were not on scene at the time of the shooting.
The shooting has reignited debates about ICE's tactics and the broader immigration policies of the Trump administration. Mayor Mamdani's call for an end to ICE operations in New York highlights the growing tension between local authorities and federal immigration enforcement.
What's confirmed
- Citing an “unconscionable and incredibly serious situation”, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicated that agents surrounded the man and a five-year-old in his car on Thursday in the Marble Hill neighbourhood before firing multiple rounds.
- “I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorise our communities,” Mamdani said.
- “I expressed outrage on behalf of New Yorkers and urged them to halt ICE enforcement operations in New York,” she said in a statement.
- The child was believed to be physically unharmed, the mayor added as he said he has called United States President Donald Trump and would demand that he end all ICE enforcement actions in the city.
- The DHS added that the incident remains under investigation.
- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has shot a man in New York City as he sat in a car with a child.
- "Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a five-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed," he said.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul said they had received reports the agents fired at the man while he was inside a vehicle with a 5-year-old child, who was apparently unhurt.
- By John Miller, Julianna Bragg and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A man from the Dominican Republic was shot and wounded by federal immigration agents during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx on Thursday, according to officials, marking the first shooting involving ICE agents in New York City since President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
- Law enforcement sources told CBS News that agents were attempting to arrest someone else when a man who was not the target was shot.
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that the shooting happened at around 4 p.m. in during a “targeted enforcement operation” as federal officers were seeking a “criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic” who had a prior conviction for grand larceny.
- It said an officer “discharged his weapon” and “the criminal illegal alien” was injured.
What's still developing
- The federal government removed local authorities from the investigation, rejected calls for a civil rights probe and sent hundreds more agents to Minnesota, bringing the total to 3,000, as protests against the killings and the immigration crackdown spread to hundreds of US cities.
- The agency doubled in size in the first year of the second Trump administration to more than 22,000 agents by January and is now the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency with about $75bn allocated to it over four years under a tax bill Trump signed last year.
- One ICE agent fired seven rounds into the silver Honda Civic at about 4 p.m. on Marble Hill Ave. near W. 225th St. in the Bronx, hitting the victim in the neck, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a late-night press conference at the scene.
- Just after 4 p.m., agents with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations — a branch of ICE focused on arresting undocumented immigrants — encountered the man when a federal agent discharged a weapon into his vehicle, a law enforcement source told CNN.
- The Austin police chief said the man was in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot Sunday afternoon on the city’s north side.
- People protest against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan.