{"id":369442,"date":"2026-10-10T00:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369442\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T00:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:48:27","slug":"nyc-ice-shooting-oscar-belgal-federal-court-hearig-set-friday-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369442\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC ICE shooting: Oscar Belgal federal court hearig set Friday \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal district judge ordered Friday that the criminal suspect ICE agents shot in his vehicle, where he had a 5-year-old child in the back,<\/a> be held in the greater New York City area, and scheduled an afternoon federal court hearing to address his attorney’s petition. <\/p>\n

Oscar Belgal was taken into ICE custody from the hospital where he was treated — and where dozens of supporters had rallied in protest — Thursday night, the mayor said previously.<\/p>\n

That came, according to Zohran Mamdani, despite his failed two-hour phone negotiation<\/a> for Belgal’s release with President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.<\/p>\n

Mullin said Friday that Belgal was being held in a facility outside New York City but declined to say where. <\/p>\n

Judge John P. Cronan says that earlier Friday, a different federal judge issued a temporary restraining order that said Belgal may not be transferred to any other federal district from the Southern District other than the Eastern District of New York (Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island) or the District of New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The judge says both the U.S. attorney’s office and Belgal’s attorney should be prepared to discuss the man’s current location, where he was when the petition was filed earlier Friday, and any circumstances justifying the restraining order. It wasn’t clear if Belgal would be present.<\/p>\n

Officials say Belgal may have used aliases, including Bergal, which is the last name listed in the court document filed by his attorney. There was no immediate clarification on the name. <\/p>\n

Outrage mounts over ICE shooting<\/p>\n

Tensions, meanwhile, remain high amid mounting outrage over what many are calling the “reckless” shooting by federal agents that put a child’s life at risk. Mullin said ICE didn’t know the child was in the back seat.<\/p>\n

The child wasn’t hurt, and Belgal will recover — but the incident in Marble Hill rocked New Yorkers to their core.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Department of Homeland Security says it was looking to apprehend Belgal as part of a targeted enforcement operation in Marble Hill. We have team coverage with Jessica Cunnington, Melissa Russo and Checkey Beckford.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security says it was looking to apprehend Belgal as part of a targeted enforcement operation, and that he “rammed” their vehicles as they tried to box in his car on Marble Hill Avenue.<\/p>\n

But NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Belgal was pulling into a parking space when a federal officer in plainclothes approached with a gun drawn, followed by another plainclothes federal officer. <\/p>\n

Belgal started to pull the car forward, Tisch said, and then at least one of the officers fired seven rounds, hitting the man below his left ear. DHS officials say they didn’t know Belgal had a child in the car — but he did. <\/p>\n

NYPD releases bodycam from scene<\/p>\n

The NYPD wasn’t involved in the operation, the department says, but officers responded to a 911 call about a shooting at the scene. This footage shows them roll up and what happens next.<\/p>\n

The 3-minute 33-second video starts with officers driving up to the scene. One says, “He’s got a gun!” as they get out of the vehicle and approach. <\/p>\n

Belgal is seen handcuffed on the ground, with several armed people in plainclothes around him. He isn’t moving. His head is tilted slightly to the right as he sits on the ground; someone appears to have a hand on his back.<\/p>\n

“There was only one gun. They shot him!'” a woman is heard screaming in the background.<\/p>\n

Others yell to call for an ambulance. The officers end up taking the man — who appears motionless — into the back of their vehicle for transport. <\/p>\n

A witness who checked on Belgal said he was terrified.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kept asking him if he was okay, and he was like, \u2018The kid! They shot me, and I was shot in the neck, I\u2019m dying. Help me!\u201d said Iris Rosa, who ran over when she heard the shots.<\/p>\n

Mayor Mamdani eviscerated ICE in an X post Thursday night.<\/p>\n

“I’m angry tonight,” he wrote. “Because today ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his 5-year-old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.”<\/p>\n

I am angry tonight.<\/p>\n

Because today ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car.<\/p>\n

ICE makes this city less safe.<\/p>\n

We want them out. Now. https:\/\/t.co\/ZizKB0OP7S<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

At a late-night press conference, the mayor said he had spent two hours on the phone with President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin trying to negotiate Belgal’s release. He said those efforts failed, and that ICE had taken him from the hospital into their custody.<\/p>\n

Mullin said Friday that Belgal was being held in a facility outside New York City but declined to say where. He also said ICE agents didn\u2019t know the child was in the car when they fired, but that Belgal \u201cwas aware\u201d and chose to knowingly put the boy at risk by trying to flee officers.<\/p>\n

Tonight, I spoke with President Trump and DHS Secretary Mullin about the shooting in Marble Hill.<\/p>\n

I expressed outrage on behalf of New Yorkers and urged them to halt ICE enforcement operations in New York.<\/p>\n

I also asked that any body camera footage of the shooting be released to\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Protests are expected in Foley Square and at other locations Friday. The previous evening, dozens demonstrated outside the hospital where Belgal was being treated.<\/p>\n

DHS officials allege Belgal, who is from the Dominican Republic, is connected to the Trinitarios street gang. They say he has numerous past arrests for robbery, drugs, and other crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis criminal illegal alien was arrested by the NYPD on December 7, 2023, but was released into the community a few days later by reckless Democrat sanctuary policies that put American lives at risk,\u201d DHS said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n

This ICE-related shooting of a criminal suspect comes after other controversial ICE-related enforcement actions by the Trump administration. In January in Minneapolis, Renee Good was shot and killed in her vehicle as she drove forward and turned as an ICE officer approached her car. That incident sparked national protests.<\/p>\n

A public defender who represents Belgal for a previous drug arrest did not return a call for comment.<\/p>\n

Read the full statement from ICE<\/p>\n

ICE released a statement regarding the incident.<\/p>\n

“On October 8, at approximately 4:00 PM ET, ICE officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx, New York, to arrest a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic with a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny, and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession. He has associations to the Trinitarios gang, the same gang who brutally shot a CBP officer last year,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“This criminal illegal alien was arrested by the NYPD on December 7, 2023, but was released into the community a few days later by reckless Democrat sanctuary policies that put American lives at risk,” they added.<\/p>\n

“During the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured.”<\/p>\n

\u201cICE officers immediately rendered aid. The individual is alive and at a local hospital. The FBI and HSI are on the scene. The incident remains under investigation. More information will be shared as it becomes available,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen dangerous illegal aliens are released back onto the streets by radical sanctuary politicians, our officers are forced to make arrests at large in the community in unpredictable and dangerous environments. Our officers should not have to risk their lives, and innocent Americans should not have to face unnecessary danger, because sanctuary politicians refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement,” the ICE statement concluded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A federal district judge ordered Friday that the criminal suspect ICE agents shot in his vehicle, where he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2301,75,9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-369442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-immigration","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}