On the ICE shooting in Marble Hill

Incidents shouldn't have to happen in our own communities for us to care. By Nicholas Rubiera - November 7, 2026 Nicholas Rubiera Close “Did you hear about the ICE shooting?” I asked my friend. “Which one?” they replied. On Oct. 8, Oscar Belgal was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent while in his car with a five-year-old, assumed to be his son, in Marble Hill. According to police, an agent fired multiple rounds into the car, striking him in the neck. The child was not physically injured. The Department of Homeland Security claims the altercation escalated when Belgal refused to leave his vehicle and struck two cars, prompting agents to fire. The armed agents approached in construction worker vests and masks, unlike recognizable law enforcement. Belgal’s lawyers have challenged the lawfulness of his arrest. With this article, I don’t intend to examine Belgal’s innocence, but rather the circumstances of his arrest and the violence he was subjected to.

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