Immigration agent shoots man in car with five-year-old child

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 15:31 · Archive

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a 28-year-old man in New York City while a five-year-old child sat in the car.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot 28-year-old Oscar Belgal in New York City whilst a five-year-old child sat in the backseat. The Department of Homeland Security said it was attempting a targeted enforcement operation against Belgal but did not specify the reasons. It confirmed that 'during the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon'.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said plainclothes officers approached Belgal as he was parking his car, with one drawing a gun. A second plainclothes officer then approached. Belgal then moved his vehicle forward, and the ICE officers fired seven rounds. One round struck Belgal below his left ear. He survived and is receiving hospital treatment.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said there was 'no justification' for the shooting, stating that agents had surrounded the man and the child in the car before firing. The incident prompted protests. In July, an ICE agent fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas, after the man allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle and attempted to run over an officer.

How it is being reported

• Oscar Belgal ‘accelerated’ vehicle at ICE, ‘weaponized’ car in NYC shooting, feds insistA suspected migrant gang member tried to ram ICE agents with his SUV in New York City before he was shot, a top agency official insisted.New York Post · 9 Oct, 15:49
• Protests erupt after ICE agent shoots NYC man who was in car with 5-year-old sonOscar Belgal, 28, was shot in the neck by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in New York City, officials say. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.CBS News · 9 Oct, 14:59
• Driver with boy, 5, in the car shot by immigration agents in New YorkTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A 28-year-old man was shot by immigration agents in New York City while driving a car with a boy, 5, inside. The man, named Oscar Belgal, survived the…Metro · 9 Oct, 10:10

In this story: Oscar Belgal · Jessica Tisch · Zohran Mamdani · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security · New York City

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