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New York Post
· collected 2026-10-10 · by Tina Moore, Adry Torres, Sonya Gugliara
An illegal immigrant named Belgal, shot by ICE agents in New York City, is described by neighbors as a menace who once threatened someone with a machete. The article reports that Belgal has a criminal record including an armed robbery conviction and drug-related charges. During his recent encounter with ICE on Thursday, he allegedly accelerated towards the agents, leading to a shootout where he was shot in the neck; his five-year-old son, who was in the car, was unharmed. The incident sparked protests demanding justice for Belgal and calling for NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch's dismissal.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-10,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Thursday, ICE agents shot a person in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, around 4 p.m., as they attempted to take someone into custody. The shooting victim was conscious and rushed to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses reported seeing ICE agents restraining an individual on the ground after the incident. Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that a child in a vehicle was physically unharmed during the operation, while Rep. Adriano Espaillat confirmed there was a child present. Governor Kathy Hochul called for federal authorities to provide a transparent accounting of the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Written for “ICE Shooting NYC” on 2026-10-10,
grounded in this article and the 69 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it +0.65, but 2 quote(s) could not be found in the article and the other 1 are attributed speech rather than the article's own narration, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph
rather than checkable quotes. Re-analysing this article replaces it.
Leaning score withheld for article 71077: no verified evidence · logged 2026-10-10
The illegal immigrant shot by ICE agents in a chaotic Bronx showdown terrorized his former neighbor’s nephew with a machete — and a terrified resident of the apartment building told The Post Saturday he is relieved the accused violent gangbanger has finally been taken off the streets.
asserted
gangbanger → shoot → streets
“He’s a menace to society,” one shaken resident said of Belgal — who Mayor Zohran Mamdani outrageously called a “New Yorker” whose he tried to negotiate as he railed against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
asserted
he → ’ → Enforcement
“I spoke to him once and told him, ‘Look, you need to be more submissive because I see you acting too reckless’ …
asserted
you → speak → him
He thought he was a tough guy,” the resident told The Post.
asserted
resident → think → Post
The former neighbor, a man from the Dominican Republic who withheld his name, recalled one of Belgal’s most unhinged outbursts while living there — in which he pulled a machete on another resident’s nephew.
asserted
he → withhold → nephew
He claimed Belgal got into a fight with the man outside the building last year, prompting him to whip out the deadly weapon.
asserted
Belgal → claim → weapon
The neighbor also claimed Belgal, who he described as arrogant and smug, previously dodged ICE by running down one of the building’s two fire escapes.
“They were looking for him.
asserted
They → claim → him
It seems he had a pending case; Immigration goes after people who have committed crimes,” he said.
asserted
he → seem → crimes
“Immigration is just doing its job.
asserted
Immigration → do → job
They go after those who have committed crimes.”
asserted
who → go → crimes
Belgal’s rap sheet includes an 2023 armed robbery conviction and a 2025 arrest for allegedly selling lethal drugs like fentanyl, cocaine and heroin in a case that remains open.
uncertain
that → include → case
His most recent run-in with the law was Thursday when two plainclothes ICE agents, with guns drawn, approached the front left side of the gray Honda CR-V he was driving as he peeled out of a parking spot on 225th Street in The Bronx.
asserted
he → draw → Bronx
One punched and smashed the glass of the driver’s side window.
asserted
One → punch → window
Marcos Charles, the head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division, said Belgal “accelerated” at the agents, “smashing” into two of them, which was not captured on the CCTV footage obtained by The Post Friday.
asserted
which → say → Post
Agents caught up with Belgal about half a block away on Marble Hill Ave outside the C&G Gourmet Deli before bullets rang and he was shot in the neck, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
uncertain
he → catch → Tisch
Belgal is expected to recover.
asserted
Belgal → expect → ?
On Saturday, protests erupted in Midtown in support of the alleged gangbanger, with anti-ICE rioters holding signs demanding “justice for Oscar Belgal” and to “abolish ICE.”
asserted
rioters → erupt → ICE
Other posters called for Tisch to be fired.
asserted
Tisch → call → ?
“He’s putting his son at risk.
asserted
He → put → risk
He’s got legal trouble, yet he drives around with his son in the car?” Belgal’s outraged former neighbor asked.
asserted
neighbor → get → car
“No, I don’t think that’s right.
asserted
that → think → ?
If he owes a debt to society, he should pay it…
asserted
he → owe → it
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