A federal immigration officer shot and wounded a 28-year-old man in New York City's Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, October 8, while the man's 5-year-old son was in the car. The shooting drew protests and a sharp rebuke from Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Police identified the man as Oscar Belgal. He was treated at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital for a gunshot wound to the neck. The child was not physically hurt.

City officials said the immigration agents were in plain clothes, wearing masks and construction vests. Witnesses described people taking cover in shops as shots were fired on a busy street around 4 p.m., when residents were coming home from work and school.

“What happened today was an outrage,” Mamdani said at the scene late Thursday. He said he spent two hours on the phone with President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin trying to have Belgal released, without success. Agents then took Belgal from the hospital, the mayor said.

The Department of Homeland Security said an officer “discharged his weapon,” that officers gave aid immediately and that the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations were investigating. Its statement called Belgal a “criminal illegal alien.” Court records show he pleaded guilty in 2025 to fourth-degree grand larceny and has an open drug possession charge.

The shooting comes weeks after the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians led to reports of immigration agents in Brooklyn's Haitian neighborhoods. Advocates advise immigrants to carry a lawyer's phone number and to know that they have the right to remain silent.