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Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican immigrant convicted of armed robbery, remains in critical condition at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after being shot by ICE agents. Lawyers for Belgal claim he has a bullet lodged in his neck and cannot eat due to nerve damage. Held in solitary confinement, Belgal reportedly suffers from severe medical neglect, including lack of food and clean drinking water. His lawyers accuse ICE of cruelty and indifference towards his condition, demanding immediate medical attention and release.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-12,
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 afternoon at around 4 p.m., an ICE agent shot a person during an enforcement operation near Marble Hill Avenue in the Bronx, New York City. The individual was taken to a nearby hospital and is conscious but not critically injured. Eyewitnesses reported seeing ICE agents surrounding a car with a child inside before shots were fired. Video from the scene showed several federal agents at the site afterward. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicate that a 5-year-old child in the vehicle was physically unharmed, while Governor Kathy Hochul called for a full and transparent accounting of what happened. The shooting comes amid ongoing tensions over ICE activities in New York City neighborhoods.
Written for “ICE Shooting in NYC” on 2026-10-12,
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The criminal illegal migrant shot by an ICE agent in Manhattan last week still has the bullet lodged in his neck, can’t eat and has to drink bathroom sink water under “horrific’’ jail conditions, his lawyers say.
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lawyers → shoot → conditions
Convicted armed robber Oscar Belgal, 28, of the Dominican Republic is being forced to endure the torturous situation while being held in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn – the same lock-up where alleged healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione and deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro are housed.
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Mangione → convict → Brooklyn
“Mr. Belgal is living through an unimaginable nightmare,” said the criminal’s lawyers, from the Legal Aid Society and Make the Road New York, in a joint statement.
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lawyers → live → statement
“While he is currently in solitary confinement, a bullet remains lodged in his neck, the left side of his face is numb, and he can barely hear out of his left ear.
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he → remain → ear
“Doctors have told him he urgently needs surgery, but that the procedure was too dangerous to perform Thursday evening without a specialized surgeon present,” Belgal’s lawyers said.
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lawyers → tell → surgery
Although he was instructed to return to the hospital this week, he has been left in the dark about whether that surgery will even happen.
asserted
surgery → instruct → dark
He is also suffering from a shoulder wound caused by shattered glass during the incident.”
asserted
He → suffer → incident
The lawyers claimed that Belgal also “has not eaten a single meal since Thursday” and “has been told that the only water available to him comes from a bathroom sink.”
During his time alone in his cell, he has been “forced to relive the terrifying moments of being shot,” they said.
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they → claim → moments
Belgal, 28, a reputed member of the Trinitarios street gang, picked up his son in the Marble Hill neighborhood shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday when plainclothes ICE agents stormed his SUV and fired into the vehicle when he tried to pull away, wounding him in the neck.
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he → pick → neck
Marcos Charles, the head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division, said Belgal “accelerated” at the agents, “smashing” into two of them — an allegation not captured on the CCTV footage of at least part of the incident obtained by The Post.
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Belgal → say → Post
Authorities said Belgal entered the US illegally in 2022 and had amassed an alarming rap sheet, including a 2023 armed robbery conviction and a 2025 bust for allegedly selling fentanyl, cocaine and heroin.
uncertain
Belgal → say → fentanyl
Former neighbors told The Post he used to terrorized them with a machete.
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he → tell → machete
“The deliberate indifference Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed toward Mr. Belgal when he was shot on Thursday, and the treatment he has endured in detention since, are further examples of the cruelty and disregard for basic human dignity that have long defined this agency,” the shot man’s lawyers raged in their missive.
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lawyers → show → missive
“We will continue to fight for Mr. Belgal’s immediate release from detention and to ensure that he receives the medical care, due process, and basic human dignity to which he is entitled under the law.”
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he → continue → law
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