ICE Opened Fire With a Child in the Car—Was It Justified?

so on thursday afternoon october 8 2026 an immigration and customs enforcement ice officer shot and wounded oscar pelgal a 28-year-old undocumented Dominican immigrant during a, quote, targeted enforcement operation in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City.

The incident has drawn interest, I mean, intense national and local scrutiny because Belgale's five-year-old son was sitting in the back seat of the car at the time of the shooting.

The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. near West 225th Street and Broadway, according to the New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

Belgau was pulling into a parking space when two plainclothes federal agents approached his vehicle with their guns drawn.

At least one ICE officer fired seven rounds into the Honda CR-V. Belgau was struck in the neck.

Belgal's five-year-old son was in the back seat and was physically uninjured.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that agents fired because they believed their lives were in danger.

So side

note on that, they always say that shit.

A lot of times when they say that shit, that's just another way of saying that they fucked up.

You know what I mean? So they're going to use that excuse to justify them shooting somebody.

You know what I mean? That's one of those, how police have discretion.

That's an example of discretion.

They felt their lives were in danger.

They can just always say that, whether it was or not.

It kind of gives them an out.

You know what I mean? And that's bullshit.

Um, and second of all, too, I just watched the video.

They finally released, um, some of the video.

So when do, so when they came up to do his car, they were like banging on the window.

It was one ice office.

He was banging on the window and shit.

Dude reversed.

And you know what I'm saying? He did like a wire or whatever.

He reversed out and then boom.

so on thursday afternoon october 8 2026 an immigration and customs enforcement ice officer shot and wounded oscar pelgal a 28-year-old undocumented Dominican immigrant during a, quote, targeted enforcement operation in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City.

The incident has drawn interest, I mean, intense national and local scrutiny because Belgale's five-year-old son was sitting in the back seat of the car at the time of the shooting.

The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. near West 225th Street and Broadway, according to the New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

Belgau was pulling into a parking space when two plainclothes federal agents approached his vehicle with their guns drawn.

At least one ICE officer fired seven rounds into the Honda CR-V. Belgau was struck in the neck.

Belgal's five-year-old son was in the back seat and was physically uninjured.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that agents fired because they believed their lives were in danger.

So side

note on that, they always say that shit.

A lot of times when they say that shit, that's just another way of saying that they fucked up.

You know what I mean? So they're going to use that excuse to justify them shooting somebody.

You know what I mean? That's one of those, how police have discretion.

That's an example of discretion.

They felt their lives were in danger.

They can just always say that, whether it was or not.

It kind of gives them an out.

You know what I mean? And that's bullshit.

Um, and second of all, too, I just watched the video.

They finally released, um, some of the video.

So when do, so when they came up to do his car, they were like banging on the window.

It was one ice office.

He was banging on the window and shit.

Dude reversed.

And you know what I'm saying? He did like a wire or whatever.

He reversed out and then boom.