US immigration agents shoot and wound man in New York car with child present
US immigration agents shot and wounded a man in New York City with a five-year-old child in his car, prompting the mayor to demand an end to ICE enforcement in the city.
New York City, United States. US immigration agents shot and wounded a man in his car with a child present on Thursday in the Marble Hill neighborhood, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the five-year-old child was physically unharmed.
Mayor calls for an end to ICE enforcement
“Early reports indicate agents surrounded (the man) and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds,” Mamdani said in a statement.
At a news conference late in the evening, the mayor said he had spoken by phone with President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Mullin to negotiate the release of the man shot by ICE agents. He said the negotiations were unsuccessful.
Mamdani said he demanded that the Trump administration stop ICE enforcement actions in New York City.
“These actions are making the city less safe,” he said. “This city wants ICE out. We want ICE out of our city, ICE out of our schools, ICE out of our hospitals, ICE out of our streets, ICE away from our kids.”
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the NYPD had located the child with a family member after a wellness check.
Homeland Security defends operation
The Department of Homeland Security, ICE’s parent agency, said officers were conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” in the Bronx, New York, to arrest a man from the Dominican Republic with a prior criminal conviction.
Tisch said the 28-year-old man had been arrested twice in New York City, in 2023 and 2025.
Federal immigration shootings draw protests
Federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people, seven fatally, since Republican President Trump returned to office, sparking protests across the United States.
Critics contend that Trump’s push to increase deportations has led to more violent confrontations and accuse the administration of resisting accountability for the agents involved.
Trump has said many migrants must be deported, blaming them, often in sweeping terms, for financial fraud and violent crimes.
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