NYC mayor calls for ICE halt after agent shoots man during arrest operation

A federal immigration officer shot and wounded 28-year-old Oscar Belgal during an arrest operation in Marble Hill, New York, on Thursday, Oct. 8. A five-year-old boy was in the car and was not injured, according to city officials. Belgal survived and was taken to hospital before federal authorities moved him into their custody. As of Friday, officials had not publicly said where he was taken. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a preliminary review found that an officer fired seven rounds after Belgal’s car began moving. The city’s surveillance footage captured events before the gunfire but not the shooting itself. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that an ICE officer discharged a weapon during what it called a targeted enforcement operation, but its public statement did not explain what prompted the shots. DHS said the operation sought a man with a prior grand-larceny conviction; that description is the agency’s account of the arrest target. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting an outrage and urged President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to halt ICE operations in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul also asked the administration to release any body-camera footage. Mamdani said his calls to Trump and Mullin did not secure Belgal’s release from federal custody. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations are involved, AP reported. The key unanswered questions are what happened at the moment the shots were fired, what evidence investigators will release, and whether any body-camera footage exists. The incident has renewed a dispute over federal immigration enforcement in New York and the accountability rules that apply when local officials are not part of an operation. Reporting: [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/new-york-shooting-federal-agents-c0fd349ab75c176f15fc410df1d59814). Local reporting: [amNewYork](https://www.amny.com/immigration/ice-shooting-mamdani-trump-marble-hill-10092026/).