{"id":370486,"date":"2026-10-11T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370486\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:22:08","slug":"mamdani-threatens-to-probe-ice-after-nyc-illegal-migrant-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370486\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani threatens to probe ICE after NYC ‘illegal migrant’ shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday the city will launch an investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent\u2019s shooting of a criminal illegal migrant<\/a> and the NYPD\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

The democratic socialist mayor, who has previously called the federal agency \u201crotten to its core,\u201d<\/a> repeated a call for ICE to get out of the Big Apple and accused it of acting more like a terrorist organization than a law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city is still dealing with having been terrorized by a rogue federal agency,\u201d Mamdani seethed during an interview on MS Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a MS Now interview Sunday that the city will investigate the ICE shooting of a criminal migrant in last week. MS NOW<\/p>\n

Federal agents gather where accused gangbanger Oscar Belgal was shot during an encounter with ICE in the Marble Hill section of the Bronx on Oct. 8, 2026. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

Mamdani has been railing to \u201cabolish\u201d ICE and said he pushed his text buddy President Trump and his administration to pull its immigration agents out of New York in the wake of the shooting of Dominican Republic native Oscar Belgal, 28, <\/a>who was hit in the neck while in a moving vehicle with his 5-year-old son in the backseat.<\/p>\n

The illegal migrant shot by federal ICE agents in a chaotic Bronx showdown has also terrorized his former neighbors with a machete <\/a>and had suspected ties to the violent Trinitarios street gang, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Belgal\u2019s rap sheet includes <\/a>a 2023 grand larceny robbery conviction and an August 2025 arrest for allegedly selling lethal drugs like fentanyl, cocaine and heroin.<\/p>\n

But Mamdani said the migrant was \u201churting\u201d after getting shot in the neck while his 5-year-old son was \u201ctraumatized.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor claimed ICE agents shielding themselves in construction vests and shooting at a vehicle in \u201cbroad daylight\u201d was beyond the pale.<\/p>\n

Oscar Belgal was previously arrested for selling drugs in 2025 and convicted of grand larceny robbery in 2023. DHS<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels as if you\u2019re looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing some purportedly representing a federal agency,\u201d Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat New Yorkers want to see is the end of ICE activities across our city. In New York City it is not acceptable to be firing at a moving vehicle \u2026to be shooting at a car where there is a 5-year-old in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason why the NYPD would not be shooting at a moving vehicle,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Belgal\u2019s 5-year-old son seen at the scene of the shooting. Reuters<\/p>\n

Mamdani admitted his two hours of discussions with Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin <\/a>regarding the ICE shooting resulted in a standoff.<\/p>\n

Talks will continue, he said.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on the Bronx ICE shooting:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secretary did not think ICE did anything wrong,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n

He refused to detain Belgal because there was no warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n

The New York Post cover on Oct. 10, 2026. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re making a mockery of what law and order is supposed to be, and then they want us to justify their actions for them,\u201d Mamdani claimed.<\/p>\n

Mamdani said his administration, and particularly the NYPD, will conduct a review of what transpired during the 24-hour period of the ICE shooting, the police response and the handling of protests.<\/p>\n

The investigation will include how a Target parking lot was used as a staging area for ICE, he said.<\/p>\n

People protesting against ICE outside of NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital on Oct. 8, 2026. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will use every tool at our disposal to keep New York safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said 70% of illegal migrants detained by ICE do not have criminal records, yet the agency is \u201cripping families apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrusting ICE\u2019s word is a fool\u2019s errand. It\u2019s rinse and repeat,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cI am demanding ICE cease operations in the city immediately. It leaves New York less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday the city will launch an investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2035,64127,57,9,56,63,65,136388,64,3980,129,58,82],"class_list":["post-370486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-ice","tag-markwayne-mullin","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-ice-shooting-2026","tag-nyc-news","tag-shootings","tag-the-bronx","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370486","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=370486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}