ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him

ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old father, in the neck Thursday during an arrest attempt in the Bronx while his five-year-old son sat in the backseat. The agency says Belgal 'weaponized' his vehicle and accelerated at agents, prompting seven shots; he was hospitalized, then moved to an unknown location before his lawyers or the Bronx Defenders could reach him.

A federal judge, Paul Oetken, granted an emergency order blocking Belgal's removal from the state while his habeas petition proceeds, after his name turned up no results in ICE's own detainee locator. ICE's Marcos Charles cited Belgal's criminal history and 'known fleeing' as the reason he was placed outside New York, while also alleging gang ties and an open federal investigation.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting outrageous and phoned President Trump in a failed attempt to get Belgal released, later saying ICE 'is rotten to its core.' A separate report identified the shooting agent as one already criticized by a federal judge this week for producing a bogus arrest warrant.

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