NYPD Releases Bodycam After ICE Agent Shot 28-Year-Old Oscar Bergal in Car With 5-Year-Old
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Updated · CBS New York · Oct 9
NYPD Releases Bodycam After ICE Agent Shot 28-Year-Old Oscar Bergal in Car With 5-Year-Old
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Oct 9
Summary
Bodycam released Friday shows NYPD officers arriving after the Marble Hill shooting, finding Oscar Bergal wounded on the ground, then driving him to a hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance.
DHS said Bergal, 28, was the target of an ICE operation and was shot once in the neck after refusing orders, hitting two ICE vehicles and driving toward officers; a nearby deli worker disputed that account, saying his car was moving away.
Bergal's lawyers told a Manhattan court he was arrested without a valid warrant, remains in federal custody in Brooklyn, and still has the bullet lodged in his body.
A 5-year-old child in Bergal's back seat was not physically hurt, but officials including Gov. Kathy Hochul said he was traumatized after witnessing the shooting.
The shooting has triggered protests, five arrests, and demands from Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James and Bronx DA Darcel Clark for a full investigation, while Mayor Zohran Mamdani renewed calls to halt ICE activity in New York.