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ICE shooting in NYC car

News · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 4 shows · 43m airtime

An ICE agent shot and wounded Oscar Belgal in a car in New York City on October 9 during an attempted arrest, with a five-year-old boy in the back seat. The police commissioner said at least one agent fired seven rounds, hitting Belgal in the neck; the child was uninjured. Belgal is from the Dominican Republic, and protests outside the hospital where he was treated ended in clashes with police. Governor Hochul told New York Newsday that shots should not have been fired. A federal judge has temporarily blocked Belgal's deportation, with his attorney due to address jurisdiction, and Mamdani has directed a review into the shooting. Mullen says an NYPD officer was stabbed seven times by two people released…

How 4 podcasts covered it

  1. The Headlines, 2026-10-09 (4:46 to 5:57)
    Reports seven rounds fired into an NYC car
    A separate ICE shooting, this one in New York City: seven rounds into a car with a five-year-old in the back seat, a neck wound, and no DHS explanation for the gunfire. Mamdani calls it an outrage and Hochul asks the administration to halt ICE operations in the state.
    New angle: An ICE agent fired seven rounds into a car in New York City, hitting a man in the neck while a five-year-old sat in the back seat.
  2. Global News Podcast, 2026-10-09 (13:10 to 16:53)
    Adds the wounded man's nationality and hospital clashes
    Adds the first identification of the wounded man as a Dominican Republic national and reports protests outside the hospital ending in clashes with police, plus the sanctuary-law limits on what New York can do about ICE.
    New angle: The man shot by ICE in Manhattan is from the Dominican Republic; hospital protests ended in clashes with police.
  3. The Fox News Rundown, 2026-10-12 (2:12 to 13:51)
    Reports Hochul's comment on the Bronx shooting
    Blakeman, campaigning in the Bronx, gives the administration's account of the shooting: the man was a convicted larceny felon with pending drug and gang charges who tried to run down a federal agent, and he says Hochul told Newsday shots should not have been fired.
    New angle: Hochul told New York Newsday that shots should not have been fired in the Bronx ICE shooting.
  4. The Megyn Kelly Show, 2026-10-12 (7:59 to 13:38)
    Names the man and adds the deportation block
    Names the man ICE shot in Marble Hill, Oscar Belgal, and adds the government's account: he rammed two vehicles and drove at officers before an agent fired. Also new: a federal judge temporarily blocked his deportation, and his attorney faces a jurisdiction deadline.
    New angle: A federal judge temporarily blocked Oscar Belgal's deportation; his attorney must address jurisdiction by tomorrow.
  5. The Fox News Rundown, 2026-10-14 (1:06 to 13:52)
    Interviews the VOICE office director
    Long interview with the VOICE office director, an angel dad, framed around the backlash to the Belgal shooting. Retells the shooting and Mamdani's abolish-ICE line, then moves to the VOICE office, sanctuary cities and the Gorman hearing. Reaction and advocacy, no new development in the case.
  6. The Fox News Rundown, 2026-10-18 (1:23 to 3:29)
    Adds Mamdani's review and the stabbed officer
    Opens on the Belgal shooting and adds two on-the-record responses: Mamdani says he directed a review into the shooting, and Mullen says city and state leaders stayed silent after an NYPD officer was stabbed seven times by two people released despite a detainer. Frames both inside the sanctuary-policy argument.
    New angle: Mamdani directed a review into the ICE shooting; Mullen says an NYPD officer was stabbed seven times by two people released despite a detainer.
  7. The Fox News Rundown, 2026-10-18 (3:14 to 9:13)
    Predicts Democrats would defund ICE
    Marino uses the Belgal shooting to argue sanctuary jurisdictions force ICE to operate alone, producing messy enforcement, and predicts Democrats would defund or abolish ICE if they take Congress. Reaction and prediction built on the shooting, not new reporting on it.

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