An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man Thursday afternoon in New York City’s Marble Hill neighborhood, sending him to a local hospital, according to the New York City Police Department.
The shooting happened shortly after 4 p.m., the NYPD confirmed. The man “is currently conscious and receiving medical attention,” the department said.
The New York Post reported that the man was “a suspected migrant gang member.” That characterization has not been independently confirmed, and police have not released the man’s identity or described what prompted the encounter.
What is known — and what isn’t
Authorities have not yet detailed the circumstances that led an ICE agent to fire. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond immediately Thursday to a request for comment from The Daily Wire, which first reported the incident.
It was not immediately clear whether the man who was shot was the target of an enforcement operation, whether anyone else was involved, or whether any weapon was recovered at the scene. The NYPD’s confirmation was limited to the time of the shooting and the man’s condition at the hospital.
Marble Hill sits at the northern tip of Manhattan, separated from the rest of the borough by the Harlem River and connected instead to the Bronx by land. The neighborhood’s location at the seam between two boroughs could complicate which agencies take the lead on the investigation.
Federal agents in New York
The shooting comes amid heightened attention to federal immigration enforcement activity in New York City, a jurisdiction that has limited its cooperation with federal immigration authorities under its sanctuary city policies. ICE agents have conducted operations in the city and surrounding region in recent months, sometimes drawing protest and local political pushback.
An agent-involved shooting in a dense residential neighborhood is likely to draw scrutiny from city officials and oversight bodies, particularly given the patchwork of local rules limiting how city agencies assist federal immigration enforcement.
The details that would answer the central questions — what the agent was doing in Marble Hill, what preceded the shooting, and how the man came into contact with federal officers — were not available Thursday evening.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Source: www.dailywire.com — https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-agent-shoots-suspected-migrant-gang-member-in-new-york-city