Man shot by ICE officer in New York City

An ICE officer shot a man during a “targeted enforcement operation” Thursday afternoon in New York, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

The shooting happened around 4 p.m. along Marble Hill Avenue as officers were seeking a “criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic” who had a prior conviction for grand larceny, DHS said in a statement Thursday evening.

“During the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured,” the department said, without naming the victim.

The man was identified as Oscar Belgal, 28, according to four law enforcement sources and past court records.

One senior law enforcement official told NBC News the person was apparently in a vehicle when at least one officer opened fire.

Two sources say Belgal attempted to “ram his vehicle” into ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers who fired.

ICE officers rendered aid to the victim, who is alive and in a hospital, DHS said.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that early reports indicate officers surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in his car in the Marble Hill neighborhood and that the child was physically unharmed.

The man had been arrested by the New York City…

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