- An ICE agent shot and wounded a man during an enforcement operation in Marble Hill, with a five-year-old child in the car.
- The child was unharmed, and officials said the man was conscious and hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani sought a call with President Trump to demand an end to ICE actions in New York City.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called President Donald Trump after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man in a car with a 5-year-old child in Marble Hill on Thursday, October 8, 2026. The shooting happened at about 4 p.m. near the Bronx.
The child was not physically injured, according to Mamdani and local officials. The man remained conscious and went to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
Mamdani said early reports indicated federal agents surrounded the car before firing multiple rounds. The incident occurred near Marble Hill Avenue and West 225th Street, in Manhattan.
His spokesperson, Dora Pekec, said Mamdani had not reached Trump as of 8 p.m. Thursday. The mayor said he intended to press the president to stop federal enforcement actions in the city.
Mamdani vowed to press Trump to halt city enforcement
Mamdani called the shooting “unconscionable and incredibly serious.” He said he had called Trump and set out what he planned to demand when they spoke.
“I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city.”
He also said he would not stand by while agents terrorized communities. His statement turned from the shooting to a broader demand about the agency’s presence in the city.
“I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.”
Mamdani called for ICE to leave neighborhoods, hospitals and streets, and to stay away from children. He ended with a call to abolish the agency.
“Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children. Abolish ICE.”
Homeland Security described the man as its arrest target
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the wounded man was a “criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic.” The department said he had a prior criminal conviction and ties to the Trinitarios gang.
DHS said its officers were carrying out a “targeted enforcement operation” to arrest him. The department said an officer “discharged his weapon” during the operation.
Officers immediately provided medical aid, according to DHS. The department said the man was alive at a local hospital.
The man’s identity, age, occupation and immigration case have not been publicly released. The federal description of him and the mayor’s account of early reports are separate accounts of the encounter.
City and state officials sought answers as federal investigators arrived
The NYPD said city officers were neither involved in nor present for the shooting. It said DHS was handling the federal investigation.
Gov. Kathy Hochul called on federal authorities to provide a “full, transparent account” of the shooting. The FBI’s New York Evidence Response Team went to the scene to support the DHS investigation.
The response at the scene did not settle the main questions about the encounter. Those include what led to the shots and whether the man was the intended target.
Federal investigators have not publicly explained what prompted the shots
DHS has not publicly identified the officer who fired or said precisely what prompted the shooting. It also has not released a signed incident report or a document naming the official responsible for the operation.
The federal investigation is examining why the man was shot, the number of rounds fired and whether he was the intended target of the enforcement operation. The officer’s identity also remains under investigation.
Mamdani’s demand was directed to Trump, but the mayor had not reached the president by the time Pekec gave her update at 8 p.m. Thursday.
