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Lawyers for New York man shot by ICE say officer fired into car without warning

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM · 1 min read
Lawyers for New York man shot by ICE say officer fired into car without warning — WPLG Local 10, Coconut Creek Health news
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a man wounded by an immigration officer while driving with his young son in New York said in a court filing Wednesday that the agent who shot him never identified himself before he ran up to the car, smashed one of its windows, then fired several shots into the vehicle.The account by lawyers for Oscar Belgal contrasted sharply with the version of events outlined by Department of Homeland Security officials. They have said officers opened fire only after Belgal smashed his car into two government vehicles and “accelerated toward other officers.”The Legal Aid Society, in a petition filed in Brooklyn federal court seeking Belgal's release, said he had picked up his son from school on Oct. 8 and was stopped in front of a fire hydrant, looking for a parking spot, when “an anonymous, masked man” stormed up to the vehicle with his gun drawn, followed by other masked men with guns.“The men did not identify themselves, show any documents or otherwise communicate with

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