Get you up to speed: ICE agent shoots man in car with five-year-old child in New York: Mayor
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a man in his car in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of New York City, while a five-year-old child was also present but unharmed. The man is conscious and receiving medical treatment, with the Department of Homeland Security stating that the incident is under investigation.
The Department of Homeland Security reported that the targeted enforcement operation occurred at approximately 4pm in the Bronx. The incident is currently under investigation by local authorities, and the injured man is receiving medical treatment while remaining conscious.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called for an end to all ICE enforcement actions in New York City following the shooting incident, labelling it an “unconscionable” situation. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the incident remains under investigation as protests continue to grow in response to ICE’s actions.
What remains unclear — The specific circumstances that led to the shooting by the ICE agent are not fully detailed.
ICE agent shoots man in car with child present in New York, says mayor
News|Civil RightsICE agent shoots man in car with five-year-old child in New York: Mayor
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says agents fired at a car with a child inside; DHS says the man was an arrest target.
Published On 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026
Published On 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has shot a man in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, calling the incident an “unconscionable and incredibly serious situation”.
In a statement he published on X, Mamdani said early reports on Thursday indicated agents surrounded the man and a five-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds.
The child was believed to be physically unharmed, he added.
Mamdani said he had called President Donald Trump and would demand that he end all ICE enforcement actions in the city. “I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities,” he said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said ICE officers were conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” in the Bronx at about 4pm to arrest a man it described as a Dominican national with a criminal conviction.
It said an officer “discharged his weapon” and the man was injured.
DHS said the incident remains under investigation.
According to a statement by the New York Police Department, the man remains conscious and is receiving medical treatment at a nearby hospital.
Protesters march from the scene of the shooting to a nearby hospital after an ICE officer shot a man in New York City on October 8, 2026 [Sarah Yenesel/EPA]
ICE under scrutiny
The shooting comes after months of mounting criticism of the agency.
In January, federal immigration agents shot dead two US citizens in Minneapolis: Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, killed by an ICE agent on January 7, and Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, shot by a US border agent.
After Good’s killing, Trump officials labelled her a “domestic terrorist” even as video of the shooting cast doubt on claims she had tried to run over an agent.
The federal government removed local authorities from the investigation, rejected calls for a civil rights probe, and sent hundreds more agents to Minnesota, bringing the total to 3,000, as protests spread to hundreds of US cities.
Trump blamed the shift in American opinion about the immigration agency on unfair media coverage, urging DHS and ICE to publicise the “violent criminals” they arrest.
ICE has been tasked with a target of one million deportations a year.
The agency doubled in size to more than 22,000 agents by January and is now the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency, with about $75bn allocated to it over four years under a tax bill Trump signed last year.
Protesters scuffle with police near the scene of the shooting of a man by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in New York on October 8, 2026 [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]