The man was treated at a nearby hospital, officials said Thursday night. Eyewitnesses described a chaotic scene unfurling on a busy street in the Marble Hill section around 4 p.m., as a slew of New Yorkers were getting home from work and school.
As shots rang out, bystanders sheltered in neighboring businesses, the eyewitnesses said. “What happened today was an outrage,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Thursday night.
“When ICE agents opened fire, a 5-year-old child — a 5-year-old child — was in the back seat of that car,” he said. “Thank god that child is physically unharmed.” Sign up for free morning headlines in your inbox.
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The mayor said he had spent two hours on the phone with President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in a failed attempt to get the man released.