An ICE officer shot a man in New York City on Thursday as the man’s 5-year-old son was in the car, officials said, prompting anger from protesters and the city’s mayor who called it “an outrage.”
\n\nThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that the shooting happened at around 4 p.m. in during a “targeted enforcement operation” as federal officers were seeking a “criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic” who had a prior conviction for grand larceny.
\n\n“During the incident, an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured,” the department said, without naming the victim.
\n\nThe man who was shot was identified as Oscar Belgal, 28, according to the New York Police Department, four law enforcement sources and past court records.
\n\nAt least one ICE agent fired seven rounds, and the man was shot in the neck, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference Thursday night, as protesters shouted nearby. The injured man was taken by the NYPD to a hospital in stable condition after the shooting, she said.
\n\nAn NYPD surveillance camera partially captured part of the encounter but not the shooting, she said.
\n\nThe video shows the person who was…
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