A man was injured after being shot by an agent of US Immigration and\nCustoms Enforcement (ICE) during an arrest operation in New York on\nThursday (8 October).<\/p>\n
The incident took place in the Marble Hill area of Manhattan at about\n4pm local time. It has intensified debate over ICE operations, which are\nseen as having expanded under Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said its officers were not\ninvolved in the shooting. The victim was reported to be conscious and\nreceiving treatment at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n
In recent months, the Trump administration has stepped up ICE\noperations in several major US cities to arrest and deport people it\nconsiders to be in the country illegally.<\/p>\n
Pedro Almaraz, an employee at a restaurant near the scene, said he\nheard three or four gunshots before seeing a man lying in the road.<\/p>\n
He said the victim was surrounded by several officers wearing vests\nand insignia of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n
Videos and photographs circulated on social media showed a man\nsitting in the road with his hands behind his back shortly after the\nshooting.<\/p>\n
Another video showed NYPD officers lifting a man who appeared to be\ninjured into a police vehicle.<\/p>\n
A damaged car could be seen blocking the road near the scene. Some\nfootage also showed agents wearing ICE identification, including one\ncarrying a rifle.<\/p>\n
Soon after the shooting, demonstrators gathered at the scene,\nchanting for ICE to stop operating in their neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
The crowd later moved towards the hospital where the victim was being\ntreated. Some protesters briefly blocked access to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Tensions rose when police put up barriers to ensure ambulances and\nother vehicles could get through. Some demonstrators reportedly pushed\nbarricades and threw water bottles at officers.<\/p>\n
Police made several arrests during the protest.<\/p>\n
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani strongly condemned the incident and\nsaid he had contacted President Trump.<\/p>\n
Mamdani said a five-year-old child was inside a vehicle when the\nshooting took place. The child was reportedly not physically\ninjured.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, Mamdani described the incident as \u201cextremely serious\nand unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said he would ask Trump to halt all ICE enforcement operations in\nNew York. \u201cI will not stand idly by while ICE agents terrorise our\ncommunities,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
New York Governor Kathy Hochul also called on the federal government\nto provide a transparent account of the circumstances and reasons behind\nthe incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Yorkers deserve to know what actually happened and why it\nhappened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Several local politicians who visited the scene also condemned the\nshooting. New York City Council member Carmen De La Rosa said she was\n\u201cshocked and angry\u201d about the incident.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, DHS confirmed that an \u201cICE officer fired a weapon\u201d\nwhile attempting to arrest an \u201cillegal criminal alien from the Dominican\nRepublic\u201d with alleged links to the Trinitarios gang.<\/p>\n
DHS said the man had previously been convicted of grand larceny and\nhad been arrested \u201cmultiple times\u201d on allegations including assault,\nrobbery, drug possession and weapons possession.<\/p>\n
DHS said agents provided first aid immediately after the man was\ninjured.<\/p>\n
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was also reported to be at\nthe scene assisting with the investigation.<\/p>\n
Shootings involving ICE or US Border Patrol officers have again\nsparked controversy during President Donald Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n
The debate has centred particularly on the use of lethal force by\nofficers and the training and oversight systems for agents.<\/p>\n
In January, an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old US\ncitizen, during an operation in Minneapolis. The incident prompted a\nwave of large demonstrations not only in the city but also in other\nparts of the United States.<\/p>\n
Later that month, another US citizen, Alex Pretti, died after a\nconfrontation with two Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in\nMinneapolis.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/protests-spread-after-ice-agent-shoots-man-in-new-york-1791611508", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }