Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday, Oct. 11, that the city will investigate the ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal, 28, in Marble Hill and faulted the plainclothes officer for not clearly identifying himself. ICE says Belgal tried to drive into officers. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told CNN he was sure body-camera footage would be released, but gave no date. Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark opened her own investigation Friday, Oct. 9, per CNN.
Catch up
- Oct. 8 — An ICE officer shot Oscar Belgal in his car in Marble Hill, a sliver of Manhattan attached to the Bronx. DHS says he drove at officers.
- Oct. 9 — NYPD video showed plainclothes officers walking up to Belgal's car, one with a gun drawn, before it left the frame; the shots are off camera. The officers went on administrative leave, and a judge barred Belgal's deportation while he challenges his detention.
3 earlier issues
- UpdateMan shot once in the back by an ICE officer in Austin is held at a detention center with the bullet still in him, his lawyer says
- UpdateVenezuelan driver shot by ICE is rehospitalized after detention with bullet near spine
- UpdateDHS says ICE officers shot Oscar Belgal because he drove at them; a judge bars his deportation while he challenges his detention
Belgal's wound, two accounts
- His lawyers: the bullet was still lodged in his neck as of Sunday, Oct. 11, with no surgery yet
- DHS described the neck wound as superficial on Oct. 9