Overview
- The shooting took place in Marble Hill Thursday during an ICE operation and struck a man who was in a car with a five-year-old who was reported physically unharmed.
- The wounded man was taken conscious to a nearby hospital for treatment and was later placed into ICE custody and transported from the facility.
- A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said agents were targeting a Dominican national with prior convictions who the agency said had links to the Trinitarios gang.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul condemned the operation as troubling and urged immediate transparency while immigrant-rights groups called for release of body-camera footage and accountability.
- The incident has sharpened long-standing tensions between New York City and federal immigration authorities and comes after a city audit found 5,567 ICE arrests in the region since January 2025, raising the prospect of renewed local pushback and policy fights.