ICE shoots, wounds man during New York arrest, mayor demands end to ICE operations

• A US immigration officer shot and wounded a Dominican man during an arrest in Manhattan's Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday. DHS called it a "targeted enforcement operation."
• The man survived and is being treated in a hospital. DHS said an ICE officer "discharged his weapon" but did not say what led to the shooting.
• DHS described him as having a prior grand larceny conviction and other arrests, and said he was arrested in December 2023 and released. It blamed "reckless sanctuary policies" in Democrat-led cities.

Federal immigration officers shot and wounded a Dominican national while detaining him in Manhattan on Thursday, prompting street demonstrations and a demand from New York City's mayor that President Donald Trump halt immigration enforcement in the city.

The Department of Homeland Security said the man survived and is receiving hospital treatment. It described the arrest as a "targeted enforcement operation" and said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired a weapon, but it gave no account of what led to the gunfire.

The incident took place in Marble Hill, a section of Manhattan that adjoins the Bronx. A bystander who works at a nearby restaurant said he heard three or four shots and then saw a man on the ground surrounded by masked officers in vests marked with DHS insignia.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, said they had been told the agents fired on the man while he sat in a vehicle with a 5-year-old child. The child appeared to be uninjured. Neither official's statement was independently verified, and DHS did not address the claim.

Mamdani called the shooting deeply serious and unacceptable. He stated that he spent two hours on the phone with Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Mullin demanding an end to ICE operations across the city. Hochul urged federal authorities to give a complete and open account of events.

He also negotiated the custody and release of the man who got shot by ICE with Trump, but those talks were unsuccessful.

This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed. This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. 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. Get ICE away from our children. Abolish ICE.

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) October 8, 2026

DHS said the man had a previous grand larceny conviction and other arrests, and was taken into custody in December 2023 before being freed. The agency blamed that release on what it called reckless sanctuary policies in Democratic-led cities. The term has no fixed legal definition but generally refers to jurisdictions that restrict cooperation with federal immigration officers.

City Council member Carmen De La Rosa, who represents the area and was born in the Dominican Republic, joined other local officials at the scene to denounce the shooting. Demonstrators chanted against ICE, then marched to the hospital, where a large group blocked an intersection. Some pushed at police barricades and threw water bottles at officers, who had set up the barriers to keep a path open for ambulances.

Video posted online showed a man seated on the ground with his hands behind his back after the shooting, and a car with small holes in two windows. Footage also showed agents with ICE badges, one carrying a rifle. A local resident, Alfred Silva, said officers should identify themselves more clearly, noting that one wore a construction vest.

ICE agents have fired on vehicles during more than a dozen stops since last year, killing at least four people, according to the Associated Press. In late September, the agency barred officers from high-speed pursuits and limited vehicle stops to those with specific training.

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