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After ICE shot man with kid in car, Mamdani urges halt to operations in NYC

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Digital, G. (2026, October 9). After ICE shot man with kid in car, Mamdani urges halt to operations in NYC. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12097114/mamdani-trump-halt-ice/

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after an officer shot a Dominican man in the neck while he was driving with his 5-year-old son on Thursday afternoon. ICE officials claim they opened fire because the man had rammed into their vehicles, posing an immediate threat to their safety. The incident has reignited debates over sanctuary city policies and the conduct of federal immigration enforcement operations within New York City.
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On October 8, 2026, Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican national with criminal history, was shot by ICE agents in New York City's Marble Hill neighborhood while his five-year-old son was present. The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. when ICE officers approached Belgal’s SUV and drew their weapons; Belgal then attempted to drive away, leading to the confrontation and subsequent shooting. Belgal remains hospitalized with a bullet lodged in his neck and is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. His attorneys claim he has been denied necessary medical care, including surgery for the embedded bullet. The incident sparked outrage among New Yorkers and calls from Mayor Zohran Mamdani to reassess ICE's presence in the city.

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Belgal PERSON · 3× Charles PERSON · 3× ICE ORG · 3× Markwayne Mullin PERSON · 2× Dominican NORP · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Homeland Security ORG · 1× New York GPE · 1× U.S. GPE · 1× Zohran Mamdani PERSON · 1×

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An irate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting an outrage, and spent two hours Thursday night pressing U.S. President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to release the wounded man, and urging them to stop immigration enforcement operations in the city.
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🔮 An irate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting an outrage, and spent two hours Thursday night pressing U.S. President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to release the wounded man, and urging them to stop immigration enforcement operations in the city.

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A federal immigration officer shot a Dominican man in the neck as he drove in a car with a 5-year-old boy Thursday afternoon, officials said. asserted
officials → shoot → boy
An irate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting an outrage, and spent two hours Thursday night pressing U.S. President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to release the wounded man, and urging them to stop immigration enforcement operations in the city. asserted
Mayor → call → city
Federal immigration officers opened fire on the man because he drove his car into officers’ vehicles and they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. asserted
official → open → danger
The 28-year-old man, whom New York City police identified as Oscar Belgal, was shot “superficially” in the neck as ICE officers attempted to arrest him, Marcos Charles said. asserted
Charles → identify → him
Officers used their vehicles to block the man as he attempted to drive away, but he accelerated toward them, Charles said during a news conference with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in Washington. asserted
Charles → use → Washington
The Department of Homeland Security said the news conference was about the “dangerous consequences of sanctuary city policies.” asserted
conference → say → policies
“Our officers, using their training and believing that their life and the life of the partners and the general public were in danger, used their training and fired weapons,” Charles said. asserted
Charles → use → weapons
Get daily National news Belgal had a 5-year-old boy in the car with him when the shooting happened, officials said. asserted
officials → get → him
Mullin said ICE agents didn’t know the child was in the car, but that Belgal “was aware” and chose to knowingly put the boy at risk by trying to evade officers. asserted
Belgal → say → officers
ICE had issued a detainer on Belgal, who runs with a gang known for thefts using weapons and mopeds, Charles said. asserted
Charles → issue → weapons
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