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ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City During Targeted Enforcement
Confirmed
In Short: Despite the disagreements over the details, both Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom) agree that the shooting occurred during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx, resulting in the man being shot multiple times while sitting in a car with a child.
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.
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that the man, identified as a 28-year-old Dominican national with a criminal conviction, was the target of the operation. However, the BBC (United Kingdom) did not specify the identity of the man but confirmed that he was shot while sitting in a car with a five-year-old child.
Both outlets agreed that the shooting took place around 4 p.m. and that the man was shot multiple times. The New York Police Department confirmed they were not involved in the incident and were not on scene at the time of the shooting.
The mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, described the situation as 'unconscionable and incredibly serious,' according to Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). He said agents surrounded the man and the child in his car before firing multiple rounds.
City Council member Carmen De La Rosa expressed heartbreak and outrage over the incident, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar). She emphasized the need for accountability and justice for the victims.
Protests erupted in the city following the shooting, with demonstrators protesting against the immigration crackdown and demanding an end to ICE operations in New York. Some scuffles with police broke out during the protests.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that its officers were conducting a 'targeted enforcement operation' to arrest the man, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). The DHS added that the incident remains under investigation.
The mayor called for the release of body camera footage from the shooting to establish the facts and get to the truth, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). He also urged President Donald Trump to end all ICE enforcement actions in the city.
The man survived the shooting and was hospitalized, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). The child was believed to be physically unharmed.
The DHS stated that an officer 'discharged his weapon' and 'the criminal illegal alien' was injured, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). The New York Police Department confirmed the man was conscious and receiving medical attention.
The incident has sparked renewed calls for a civil rights investigation and an end to ICE operations in New York City, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom). The federal government has rejected calls for a civil rights probe and sent additional agents to Minnesota, bringing the total to 3,000.
Both Al Jazeera (Qatar) and the BBC (United Kingdom) reported that the shooting highlights the dangers of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the need for greater oversight of ICE operations.
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.
- It said an officer “discharged his weapon” and “the criminal illegal alien” was injured.
- 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.
- 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.
What's still developing
- 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.