Oscar Belgal was shot by ICE officers on Marble Hill Avenue four days after neighbors described him as a quiet man fixing cars to reggaeton music. According to NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, officers stopped Belgal's car as he drove his 5-year-old son home from school.
As the child sat in the backseat, plain-clothed officers surrounded the vehicle. Belgal accelerated, and at least one officer fired seven shots in self-defense. Federal officials describe Belgal as an undocumented immigrant with gang affiliations to the Trinitarios.
He faces charges including drug dealing and larceny. His son was traumatized by the event and has not spoken since. Belgal was discharged from the hospital and transferred to Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
One lawyer says a bullet remains lodged in his body. The Bronx Defenders, representing Belgal, called the incident ICE brutality emblematic of daily violence endured by their clients.
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