ICE shoots a Dominican man in New York as he drives with a 5-year-old boy

Summary

A federal immigration officer shot a Dominican man in the neck in New York City on Thursday 8 October as he drove in a car with a 5-year-old boy, officials said, and the Department of Homeland Security said it was seeking to arrest him in a 'targeted enforcement operation', PBS NewsHour reported. The shooting took place in New York City's Marble Hill, according to law enforcement sources cited by CBS News, and the man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was conscious and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooting, The New York Times reported. Protesters and local officials decried the shooting as an example of the dangers of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, according to PBS NewsHour. At a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, ICE official Marcos Charles said officers shot the man because they believed they were in danger: they had used their vehicles to block him as he attempted to drive away, but he accelerated toward them, PBS NewsHour reported.

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