ICE Agent
Shoots Man in Front Of 5-Year-old Boy
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An ICE agent in New York City shot a man in the neck Thursday evening … and a 5-year-old boy believed to be his son watched it all go down … and now Mayor Zohran Mamdani is saying the Trump administration is “terrorizing our city.”
Oscar Belgal — a 28-year-old man — was shot in the neck after a federal immigration agent fired 7 rounds into his car, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
The shooting took place in the Marble Hill area of New York City, the northernmost Manhattan neighborhood … the child was not injured in the gunfire.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation to arrest an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record.
DHS claims this individual has connections with the Trinitarios — a Dominican gang — and Commissioner Tisch says he’d previously been arrested twice — on a 2023 robbery charge and a 2025 criminal sale of a controlled substance. While the 2025 case is still pending, he previously pled guilty to the lesser charge of fourth-degree larceny in the 2023 case.
Homeland Security admits an ICE officer shot a man while trying to make an arrest. The feds say agents then “immediately rendered aid.” The man was rushed to a local hospital. Tisch says NYPD became involved when officers in the area heard the gunshots.
Protests broke out after the shooting … and CBS News reports 5 people were arrested.
Mamdani called the shooting an “outrage” and said he made calls to President Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin trying to negotiate Belgal’s release … to no avail.
