Mayor Mamdani calls on Trump to end ICE enforcement in NYC after shooting
Federal authorities are investigating after ICE agents fired multiple rounds at a man in a car, with a 5-year-old child inside, officials said.
- On Thursday, an ICE officer shot a man in his car in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, with a 5-year-old child present in the vehicle, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- Homeland Security stated officers were conducting a 'targeted enforcement operation' to arrest a Dominican Republic national with prior criminal convictions and claimed the man had associations with the Trinitarios gang.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting 'unconscionable' and demanded President Donald Trump end all ICE enforcement actions in the city, citing months of tension over New York's refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged federal officials to provide 'a full and transparent accounting' of the incident, while The New York Immigration Coalition demanded investigation, body camera footage release, and accountability for excessive force.
- This incident marks the latest in a series of federal immigration agent shootings; according to an ABC News count, at least 21 people had been shot by federal agents during Trump's second term before Oct. 8.
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'Get ICE out': Mamdani calls Trump after feds shoot man near child in NYC
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a man in New York City's Marble Hill neighborhood on Oct. 8, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who said agents surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple times.
The man was injured in the neck and evacuated to a hospital; the child was said to be unharmed. This was the first shooting in this city involving the Federal Immigration Police. Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced "an unacceptable situation and of exceptional gravity" and called for "abolish ICE".
Mayor Mamdani calls on Trump to end ICE enforcement in NYC after shooting
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he called President Donald Trump after Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot a person in New York City. The shooting occurred on Thursday afternoon at around 4 p.m. Sources told PIX11 News that ICE agents were attempting to take someone into custody when another person who was not […]
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