ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old reportedly in car

Police say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and injured a man in New York City on Thursday afternoon during an enforcement operation, federal officials said.

The man was conscious and hospitalized, authorities said , and the shooting quickly sparked angry protests from local residents and elected officials in the neighborhood.

Early reports indicated that agents had surrounded the man and a five-year-old child in his car in a residential area before firing multiple rounds, the city’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said in a statement on Thursday evening. The child was physically unharmed, he said.

The shooting took place at roughly 4pm in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, according to the New York police department (NYPD).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement on social media that ICE officers were conducting an operation targeting an undocumented man from the Dominican Republic. The statement did not explain what led to the shooting, saying: “During the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured.”

The extent of the man’s injuries was unknown. The department’s statement alleged that the man had “associations” with a gang and prior criminal convictions, but DHS did not name the man or provide evidence of his background. The department has previously faced backlash for falsely accusing immigrants of being gang members after they were shot by agents .

DHS spokespeople did not immediately respond to questions about what led to the shooting, the extent of the man’s injuries, or the reports that a five-year-old was in the car during the shooting.

“This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation,” Mamdani wrote in an X post. “I have called the President; when we speak, I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city.”

Cellphone video published by the New York Times appeared to show the immediate aftermath of the shooting, with an agent in a yellow vest holding what appeared to be an assault rifle while talking on the phone. The newspaper said other witness video appeared to show several agents in the middle of the street in the aftermath, with one armed and another restraining a man on the ground.

One witness told the City Reporter, a local news outlet, that she saw a man bleeding on the ground in front of a car and observed an agent holding a small child. Videos also showed bullet holes in the windshield of an SUV, NY1 reported.

Mamdani expressed outrage in his post, saying: “I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities. Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery. Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets.