# US immigration officials defend ICE agents who shot man in car with child

https://mins.news/en/item/93606

- BBC News, 2026-10-09 17:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq78px5y1zmzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> US officials defended ICE agents who shot and wounded Oscar Belgal in New York while his five-year-old son was in the back seat. DHS chief Markwayne Mullin said officers fired as they tried to arrest Belgal, who survived and is being held at a detention facility. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani disputed officials’ account of how the agents identified themselves; the child was unharmed.

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