Brooklyn closes ranks after an ICE officer shoots an immigrant father in Upper Manhattan

An ICE officer fired seven rounds into a car in Upper Manhattan on Thursday, hitting Oscar Belgal, 28, as his 5-year-old son sat in the back seat. Brooklyn’s elected officials joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani in condemning ICE and in calling him what DHS would not: a New Yorker.

Brooklyn closes ranks after an ICE officer shoots an immigrant father in Upper Manhattan
Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a news conference on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill on Thursday night, Oct. 8.

Elected officials representing North Brooklyn joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani in condemning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an ICE officer shot a man in his car Thursday in Marble Hill, in Upper Manhattan, as his 5-year-old son sat in the back seat.

At least one officer fired seven rounds into the car around 4 p.m., hitting Oscar Belgal, 28, below his left ear, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. The boy escaped unhurt, The Associated Press reported.

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