ICE Books Shot NYC Driver Oscar Belgal Into Brooklyn Jail as Democrats Demand Curbs After 7 Shots
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 9
ICE Books Shot NYC Driver Oscar Belgal Into Brooklyn Jail as Democrats Demand Curbs After 7 Shots
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 9
Summary
Oscar Belgal was moved into Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center on Friday after an ICE officer shot him in Marble Hill, with his lawyers telling a judge he still has a bullet in his body.
ICE said Belgal, 28, refused to leave his car, hit two agency vehicles and drove toward officers, prompting gunfire; officials described the neck wound as superficial, while the exact sequence remains unclear.
A New York judge ordered ICE to keep Belgal in the area after emergency motions from his attorneys, but the Justice Department is expected to argue his transfer to New Jersey happened before that order.
Seven reported shots and the presence of Belgal’s 5-year-old son in the car intensified protests and drew condemnation from Governor Kathy Hochul, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani and Hochul pressed the Trump administration to halt ICE operations in New York, but Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin rejected any pause and defended the officers’ actions.